{"id":2675,"date":"2023-05-01T08:52:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/investing\/why-kimberly-clark-is-a-top-socially-responsible-dividend-stock\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T08:52:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T12:52:27","slug":"why-kimberly-clark-is-a-top-socially-responsible-dividend-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=2675","title":{"rendered":"Why Kimberly-Clark Is A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Kimberly-Clark has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average <em>&#8221;DividendRank&#8221;<\/em> statistics including a strong 3.3% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. Environmental criteria include considerations like the environmental impact of the company&#8217;s products and services, as well as the company&#8217;s efficiency in terms of its use of energy and resources. Social criteria include elements such as human rights, child labor, corporate diversity, and the company&#8217;s impact on society \u2014 for instance, taken into consideration would be business activities tied to weapons, gambling, tobacco, and alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Kimberly-Clark is a member of both the iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF (SUSA), making up 0.67% of the underlying holdings of the fund, as well as the iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social Index Fund ETF (DSI), where KMB makes up 0.26% of the underlying holdings of the fund.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.etfchannel.com\/slideshows\/socially-responsible-dividends\/\">Top 25 Socially Responsible Dividend Stocks \u2014 Income To Feel Good About \u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The annualized dividend paid by Kimberly-Clark Corp. is $4.72\/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 06\/08\/2023. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for KMB, which the <em>DividendRank<\/em> report stressed as being of key importance. Indeed, studying a company&#8217;s past dividend history can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><\/fbs-ad><\/p>\n<p>KMB operates in the Consumer Goods sector, among companies like Procter &amp; Gamble (PG), and Sony Group (SONY).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dividendchannel\/2023\/05\/01\/why-kimberly-clark-is-a-top-socially-responsible-dividend-stock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimberly-Clark has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average &#8221;DividendRank&#8221; statistics including a strong 3.3% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. Environmental criteria include considerations like the environmental impact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-2675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Kimberly-Clark Is A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kimberly-Clark has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average &#039;&#039;DividendRank&#039;&#039;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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