Market Currents

• Thursday, October 22, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: HTE +33%. SDXC +26%. JCG +13%. FFIV +11%. LOGI +8%. KOG +8%. PNC +6%. ALXN +6%. BQI +5%. CELG +4%. KMB +4%. STI +4%.
  Losers: TQNT -20%. NCR -11%. ERIC -8%. ADS -8%. TEX -7%. BG -6%. RFMD -5%. EQIX -4%. Comment!
• 07:50 AM Kimberly-Clark (KMB): Q3 EPS of $1.40 beats by $0.27. Revenue of $4.91B (-1.7%) in-line. Sees full-year EPS of $4.50-$4.60 vs. consensus of $4.26, citing increased cost savings, better organic sales growth and a further recovery in currency exchange rates. Shares +5.5% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable pre-market earnings: AUO, BDK, BG, BMY, CBE, CELG, CHKP, CIT, CNX, DAL, DHR, DO, DOW, EMC, ERIC, ESV, ETR, FITB, GR, HBAN, HOT, HSY, JBLU, JNS, KMB, LCC, LH, LM, MCD, MJN, MMM, MRK, NCR, NIHD, NUE, NVS, NYT, ORI, OXY, PDS, PLD, PM, PNC, POT, R, RAI, RGC, RS, RTN, RX, SGP, STI, SY, T, TASR, TIN, TMO, TRA, TRV, UNP, UPS, XRX, ZMH Comment!

• Tuesday, October 20, 2009

• 11:45 AM Sales of products driven by the H1N1 flu pandemic - sanitizers, cleansers and face masks - are brisk and are likely to drive profits in the short term for makers such as Clorox (CLX), Ecolab (ECL) and Kimberly-Clark (KMB), though the boost likely won't be long-lasting. Comment!

• Friday, October 9, 2009

• 08:48 AM Kimberly-Clark (KMB) will pay $324M in cash to buy I-Flow (IFLO), a maker of low-cost drug delivery systems and products for post-surgical pain relief and surgical site care. The $12.65/share offer is an 8% premium to Thursday's close (PR). KMB -0.7% premarket. IFLO +7.1%. Comment!

• Thursday, July 23, 2009

• 07:53 AM Kimberly-Clark (KMB): Q2 EPS of $1.16 beats by $0.22. Revenue of $4.7B (-5.6%) vs. $4.6B. Issues upside FY '09 EPS guidance of $4.10-4.25 vs. $4.12 consensus. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: ALXN, BG, BLL, BMY, CBE, CELG, CLS, CME, DHR, DO, ECA, EMC, ESI, ESV, F, FITB, FLIR, GR, HBAN, HOT, HSY, IGT, JBLU, KMB, LCC, LLL, MMM, NCR, NEM, NIHD, NOC, NUE, NYT, OMC, ORI, OXY, PLD, PM, PNC, POT, R, RAI, RS, RTN, RX, SIAL, SPNC, T, TIN, TMO, TRA, UNP, UPS, WYE, XRX, ZMH Comment!

• Thursday, June 25, 2009

• 08:56 AM Kimberly-Clark (KMB) to cut 1,600 jobs in an effort to save $150M/year. Expects to save $0.10/share in H2. Comment!

• Wednesday, April 22, 2009

• 07:56 AM Kimberly-Clark (KMB): Q1 EPS of $0.98 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $4.49B (-6.6%) in-line. Sees full-year EPS of $4.00-$4.20 vs. $4.14. "While we are encouraged that commodity costs have declined and have begun to positively impact our gross margins, economic weakness is impacting demand for our products." (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday's open: AAI, APD, ATI, BA, CAL, CFR, DOV, ECA, ELN, FCX, GENZ, GNTX, IR, KMB, MCD, MO, MS, NITE, NOC, PBG, PDS, R, SNV, STJ, SY, T, TIN, WFC, WLP Comment!

• Monday, January 26, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket losers: ROH -16%. CRXL -15%. CAT -7%. TEX -7%. DE -5%. PFE -4%. KMB -3%. FCX -3%. Comment!
• 07:29 AM Kimberly-Clark (KMB): Q4 EPS of $1.01 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $4.6B (-3.4%) vs. $4.66B. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday's open: CAT, COV, DGX, DHR, ETN, FCX, GWW, HAL, KMB, MCD, SEE, TSN, WFT Comment!

• Wednesday, October 22, 2008

• 07:40 AM Kimberly-Clark (KMB): Q3 EPS of $1.02 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $5.0B (+8.2%) in-line. [PR] Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday's open: ABFS, ABI, APD, ARW, ATI, BA, BHI, COP, DOV, EMC, FCL, GD, GENZ, GSK, KCI, KMB, MCD, MRK, NFX, NITE, NOC, NTRS, NWA, PM, R, RAI, ROH, RYN, SEIC, T, TCB, TRV, WB, WLP, WYE Comment!

• Monday, August 25, 2008

• 15:32 PM Designing the iPhone of diapers: "The average person thinks of a diaper and thinks, What else can you do to it?" Kimberly-Clark's (KMB) proving you can do a lot. Comment!