The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), Altria Group Inc (MO) & Three Stocks for an Overheated Market

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB)

Kimberly Clark Corp manufactures and markets personal care, consumer tissue, and health care products worldwide.  The company is responsible for such brands as Huggies, Kleenex, and Cottonelle.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) has a dividend yield of 3.10% and a healthy five-year average dividend growth rate of 6.91%.  The company’s ten-year annualized beta is .40.

Foolish Conclusion

As can be seen, all of these companies are responsible for selling globally recognized brands throughout the world.  They sell consumer staples, so economic conditions will have a small impact on their overall business, leading to the low ten-year annualized beta.  While The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) and Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) operate in competitive businesses, they are global powers that will maintain strong market share.  Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) operates in a controversial market, but the company has remained a cash cow and continues to flourish financially.

All of three of these companies make great investments should the stock market slowdown.  They pay a handsome dividend and should be resilient to a drop in the S&P. It is also important to note that a low beta also means that the stocks are not likely to experience gains in the same magnitude of the overall market should the boom continue.

The article Three Stocks for an Overheated Market originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by John Timmes.

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