KMB manufactures a variety of consumer products, primarily derived from synthetic and natural fibers. It is organized into three business segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. Its leading brands include Huggies, Kleenex, Kotex, Depend, and Scott. The company is based in Dallas, Texas and has approximately 41,000 employees.

Corporate insiders can be called-out for moving through 2024 (to date) without taking any clear stance on stocks. They neither ran to the exits, nor did they act in a manner that suggested early-year investors would be enjoying well-above-average returns as Thanksgiving draws near. But with stocks having experienced an absolute moonshot last week, the current weekly insider-sentiment data from Vickers Stock Research shows that insiders are happy to take a little money off the table after a week in which the major stock indices popped by 4.6% to 5.7%. Drilling down, Vickers' Total One-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is 7.30, pushing into the bearish territory that starts at 6.00. On an exchange basis, the NYSE one-week ratio is 6.19, bearish but not remarkably so; and the Nasdaq one-week tally is 8.49 and clearly a profit-taking response to the soaring share prices seen last week. One week is not a trend, so the above does not imply an imminent correction. But as stocks move higher and higher, insiders continue to book profits. On a sector basis, insider buying was the greatest in Energy over the last week, with shares valued at nearly $48 million bought, although this still trailed the level of selling in the sector, with over $166 million of shares sold. Meanwhile, selling was greatest in the Industrials sector, with shares valued at roughly $314 million sold versus less than $13 million bought. Selling by insiders was also evident in the Information Technology and Financial sectors. This week, analysts at Vickers highlighted insider transactions of interest at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) and Noble Corp. plc (NYSE: NE).

With more than half of sales from personal care and another third from consumer tissue products, Kimberly-Clark sits as a leading manufacturer in the tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, PullUps, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle. The firm also operates K-C Professional, which partners with businesses to provide safety and sanitary offerings 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.

With more than half of sales from personal care and another third from consumer tissue products, Kimberly-Clark sits as a leading manufacturer in the tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, PullUps, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle. The firm also operates K-C Professional, which partners with businesses to provide safety and sanitary offerings 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.