WK-04 Discussion Question DQ: Debt Considerations and Price Valuation related to Kimberly-Clark Review Kimberly-Clark's 2014 Annual Report, Note 8 on Debt. Contrast these 2014 comments and/or totals regarding debt and bonds with the trends and current information found in Morning Star relative to Kimberly-Clark. To locate information in Morning Star go to: Lindenwood Home Page = Butler Library => RESEARCH => Databases => [select] M => => [select] Morning Star... enter KMB in the search window and return... once Kimberly-Clark's data comes up... select] bonds. Requirement #1: Review the current Morning Star information regarding Kimberly-Clark's debt and provide your thoughts based on our readings through this week in Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe (2016). As of Friday, 09 SEP, Kimberly-Clark (KMB) closed at $122.96 and analysts projected a one-year target of 138.73; with a reported yield of 2.92%. Kimberly-Clark's dividend is $3.68 (YAHOO! FINANCE). Requirement #2: Referring to Chapter 9 of Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe (2016), compute and display your calculations projecting your one-year target price for Kimberly-Clark. Comment on the assumptions you made regarding how you developed your target price projection... does the capital structure or debt discussed in Requirement #1 concern you in recommending this stock to an investor? Why or why not? WK-04 Discussion Question DQ: Debt Considerations and Price Valuation related to Kimberly-Clark Review Kimberly-Clark's 2014 Annual Report, Note 8 on Debt. Contrast these 2014 comments and/or totals regarding debt and bonds with the trends and current information found in Morning Star relative to Kimberly-Clark. To locate information in Morning Star go to: Lindenwood Home Page = Butler Library => RESEARCH => Databases => [select] M => => [select] Morning Star... enter KMB in the search window and return... once Kimberly-Clark's data comes up... select] bonds. Requirement #1: Review the current Morning Star information regarding Kimberly-Clark's debt and provide your thoughts based on our readings through this week in Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe (2016). As of Friday, 09 SEP, Kimberly-Clark (KMB) closed at $122.96 and analysts projected a one-year target of 138.73; with a reported yield of 2.92%. Kimberly-Clark's dividend is $3.68 (YAHOO! FINANCE). Requirement #2: Referring to Chapter 9 of Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe (2016), compute and display your calculations projecting your one-year target price for Kimberly-Clark. Comment on the assumptions you made regarding how you developed your target price projection... does the capital structure or debt discussed in Requirement #1 concern you in recommending this stock to an investor? Why or why not
