Kimberly Clark Corp vs Moody's Corporation — how do they compare? Kimberly Clark Corp trades at $108.02 (market cap $36.11B), while Moody's Corporation trades at $475 (market cap $82.52B). The key difference: Moody's Corporation is far larger — about 2.3× Kimberly Clark Corp's market cap, and Kimberly Clark Corp pays the higher dividend (4.72%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KMB | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.11B | $82.52B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Financials |
52-Week High | $134.81 | $539.61 |
52-Week Low | $93.05 | $412.23 |
Enterprise Value | $41.67B | $88.54B |
Dividend Yield | 4.72% | 0.86% |
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With around half of sales from personal care and another third from tissue products, Kimberly-Clark sits as a leading manufacturer of tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle. The firm also operates K-C Professional, which partners with businesses to provide safety and sanitary products for the workplace. Kimberly-Clark generates just over of half its sales in North America and more than 10% in Europe, with the rest primarily concentrated in Asia and Latin America.
Read more on KMB →Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed income securities. Moody's ratings segment, known as Moody's Investors Service or MIS, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. Moody's other segment is Moody's Analytics and consists of Research, Data, and Analytics or RD&A and Enterprise Risk Solutions or ERS. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know your customer (KYC) tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk management software solutions to financial institutions.
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