Kimberly Clark Corp vs Teradyne, Inc. — how do they compare? Kimberly Clark Corp trades at $107.99 (market cap $36.11B), while Teradyne, Inc. trades at $389 (market cap $59.34B). The key difference: Teradyne, Inc. is the larger of the two by market cap, and Kimberly Clark Corp pays the higher dividend (4.72%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KMB | TER | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.11B | $59.34B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Technology |
52-Week High | $134.81 | $483.84 |
52-Week Low | $93.05 | $109.30 |
Enterprise Value | $41.67B | $59.09B |
Dividend Yield | 4.72% | 0.14% |
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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 →Teradyne provides testing equipment, including automated test equipment for semiconductors, system testing for hard disk drives, circuit boards, and electronics systems and wireless testing for devices. The firm entered the industrial automation market in 2015, into which it sells collaborative and autonomous robots for factory applications. Teradyne serves numerous end markets and geographies directly and indirectly with its products, but its most significant exposure is to semiconductor testing, which made up 71% of 2021 sales. Teradyne serves vertically integrated, fabless, and foundry chipmakers with its equipment.
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