Dividend Aristocrat Kimberly-Clark (KMB) will raise its quarterly dividend by 4.5 percent to to $0.92 per share. This marks the 44th consecutive year of dividend increases for Kimberly-Clark and follows a 4.8 percent dividend increase in the previous year.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation is a manufacturer of products mostly made from natural or synthetic fibers using advanced technologies in fibers, nonwovens and absorbency. The company's operating segments are: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue and K-C Professional. The company's brands include Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Viva and WypAll. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, orginally established in 1872, was incorporated in Delaware in 1928.