Kimberly-Clark Earnings, Revenue beat In Q1

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Kimberly-Clark Earnings, Revenue beat In Q1
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Investing.com - Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB ) reported on Wednesday first quarter earnings that beat analysts' forecasts and revenue that topped expectations.

Kimberly-Clark announced earnings per share of $2.13 on revenue of $5.01B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $1.96 on revenue of $4.87B. That with comparison to EPS of $1.66 on revenue of $4.63B in the same period a year before.Kimberly-Clark had reported EPS of $1.71 on revenue of $4.58B in the previous quarter.Analysts are expecting EPS of $1.76 and revenue of $4.57B in the upcoming quarter.

Kimberly-Clark shares are up 1% from the beginning of the year and are trading at $140.00 , down-from-52-week-high.They are outperforming the S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI ) 100 which is down 13.31% year to date.

Kimberly-Clark shares gained 0.38% in pre-market trade the report.

Kimberly-Clark follows other major Consumer/Non-Cyclical sector earnings this month

Kimberly-Clark's report follows an earnings beat by Procter&Gamble on Friday, who reported EPS of $1.17 on revenue of $17.21B, compared to forecasts EPS of $1.13 on revenue of $17.31B.

Coca-Cola had beat expectations on Tuesday with first quarter EPS of $0.51 on revenue of $8.6B, compared to forecast for EPS of $0.44 on revenue of $8.37B.

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