Kimberly Clark Corp vs Smith & Nephew plc — how do they compare? Kimberly Clark Corp trades at $108.18 (market cap $36.01B), while Smith & Nephew plc trades at $30.45 (market cap $12.64B). The key difference: Kimberly Clark Corp is far larger — about 2.8× Smith & Nephew plc's market cap, and Kimberly Clark Corp pays the higher dividend (4.72%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KMB | SNN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.01B | $12.64B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Health |
52-Week High | $136.77 | $38.70 |
52-Week Low | $93.05 | $28.73 |
Enterprise Value | $42.55B | $15.41B |
Dividend Yield | 4.72% | 2.57% |
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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 →Smith & Nephew designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and arthroscopic technologies, and wound-care solutions. Roughly 42% of the U.K.-based firm's revenue comes from orthopedic products, and another 30% is sports medicine and ENT. The remaining 28% of revenue is from the advanced wound therapy segment. Roughly half of Smith & Nephew's total revenue comes from the United States, just over 30% is from other developed markets, and emerging markets account for the remainder.
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