
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
KMBNASDAQConsumer DefensiveHousehold & Personal Products
Previous close
$109.31
+$0.62 · +0.57%
Pre-market
$109.31
$0.00 · 0.00%
Aug 24, 7:37 AM ET
KMB company overview
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Buy
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Valuation
81
Deep Value
Momentum
54
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Sentiment
67
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Risk resilience
76
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Company profile
Company websiteKimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care products in the United States. It operates in two segments, North America and International Personal Care. The North America segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers, tissue, towels, soaps and sanitizers, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Goodnites, Kotex, Poise, Depend, Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Wypall , and other brand names. Its International Personal Care segment provides baby and child care, adult care and feminine care, including disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, and other related products under the Huggies, Kotex, Goodfeel, Intimus, Depend, and other brand names. The company sells its household use products directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce. It also sells its professional use products through distributors, directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and high-volume public facilities, and through e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
- Industry
- Household & Personal Products
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Headquarters
- US
- CEO
- Michael D. Hsu
- Listed since
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 36,000
Market position
Day range
Current $109.31
52-week range
Current $109.31
- Open
- $108.88
- Previous close
- $108.69
- Volume
- 2.1M
- 0.49× average
- Average volume
- 4.25M
- Average daily volume
- Market cap
- 36.28B USD
- Beta
- 0.28
- Market reference 1
- 50-day average
- $108.63
- +0.63% above average
- 200-day average
- $102.93
- +6.20% above average
Financials
Financial snapshot
Latest / TTMValuation & yield
- Enterprise value
- 40.21B USD
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.59×
- P/B (TTM)
- 20.78×
- P/S (TTM)
- 2.19×
- EV / EBITDA
- 12.94×
- Earnings yield
- 6.01%
- Free cash flow yield
- 4.88%
- Dividend yield
- 4.65%
Profitability & efficiency
- Gross margin
- 36.69%
- Operating margin
- 12.38%
- Net margin
- 11.80%
- Return on equity
- 134.55%
- Return on assets
- 11.73%
- Return on invested capital
- 17.41%
Financial health
- Debt / equity
- 3.72×
- Current ratio
- 0.75×
- Altman Z-score
- 3.33
- Piotroski F-score
- 6 of 9
Financial statements
Margin trends
Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.
Income trends
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
| Metric (USD) | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 17.22B USD | 20.06B USD | 20.43B USD | 20.18B USD | 19.44B USD |
| Cost of goods sold | 11.09B USD | 12.88B USD | 13.4B USD | 13.96B USD | 13.45B USD |
| Gross profit | 6.13B USD | 7.18B USD | 7.03B USD | 6.22B USD | 5.99B USD |
| Research and development | — | 338M USD | 312M USD | 292M USD | 269M USD |
| Selling, general, and administrative | 3.61B USD | 4.31B USD | 4.06B USD | 3.29B USD | 3.02B USD |
| Operating expenses | 3.64B USD | 3.97B USD | 4.69B USD | 3.54B USD | 3.43B USD |
| Interest income | 24M USD | 48M USD | 66M USD | 14M USD | 6M USD |
| Interest expense | 256M USD | 270M USD | 293M USD | 282M USD | 256M USD |
| Depreciation and amortization | 616M USD | 781M USD | 753M USD | 754M USD | 766M USD |
| Operating income | 2.49B USD | 3.21B USD | 2.34B USD | 2.68B USD | 2.56B USD |
| Net income | 2.02B USD | 2.55B USD | 1.76B USD | 1.93B USD | 1.81B USD |
Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.
Earnings
- EPS beat rate
- 73%
- 8 beats, 3 misses, 0 met estimates
- Average EPS surprise
- +5.31%
- 11 comparable reports
- Latest EPS result
- 1.8
- Estimate 2.01 · Miss by 10.45%
EPS: actual versus estimate
Recent quarterly results
Revenue: actual versus estimate
Recent quarterly results
Analyst ratings
Third-party consensus; not a GoAI recommendation.
Analyst price target
Average target
$113
3.38% upsideRating distribution
31 ratingsRecent analyst actions
KMB news
Corporate actions
Annual dividends per share
Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.
$5.04
2025 complete year+10.5% since 2021
2026 partial: $2.56
$4.56
2,021
$4.64
2,022
$4.72
2,023
$4.88
2,024
$5.04
2,025
$2.56
2,026*
* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.
Corporate action history
| Action | Ex-dividend date | Details | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DividendUpcoming | Sep 4, 2026 | $1.28Quarterly | Sep 4, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 |
Dividend | Jun 5, 2026 | $1.28Quarterly | Jun 5, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 |
Dividend | Mar 6, 2026 | $1.28Quarterly | Mar 6, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 |
Dividend | Dec 5, 2025 | $1.26Quarterly | Dec 5, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 |
Dividend | Sep 5, 2025 | $1.26Quarterly | Sep 5, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 |
Dividend | Jun 6, 2025 | $1.26Quarterly | Jun 6, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 |
Ex-dividend Sep 4, 2026
$1.28
Quarterly
Record Sep 4, 2026 · Payment Oct 2, 2026
Ex-dividend Jun 5, 2026
$1.28
Quarterly
Record Jun 5, 2026 · Payment Jul 2, 2026
Ex-dividend Mar 6, 2026
$1.28
Quarterly
Record Mar 6, 2026 · Payment Apr 2, 2026
Ex-dividend Dec 5, 2025
$1.26
Quarterly
Record Dec 5, 2025 · Payment Jan 5, 2026
Ex-dividend Sep 5, 2025
$1.26
Quarterly
Record Sep 5, 2025 · Payment Oct 2, 2025
Ex-dividend Jun 6, 2025
$1.26
Quarterly
Record Jun 6, 2025 · Payment Jul 2, 2025
KMB peers
ETFs holding KMB
Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI1.16B0.05%2.3T USD0.03%$378.24+0.44%
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFSCHD984.68M0.88%112B USD0.06%$35.11+0.80%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETFVOO952.35M0.06%1.7T USD0.03%$703.71+0.39%
Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETFVO785.27M0.35%224.7B USD0.03%$82.97+0.53%
iShares Core S&P 500 ETFIVV486.3M0.05%891.84B USD0.03%$769.31+0.39%
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETFSPY448.66M0.05%817.87B USD0.09%$765.72+0.41%
iShares Select Dividend ETFDVY377.72M1.58%23.86B USD0.38%$164.09-0.16%
Vanguard Morningstar Value ETFVTV345.47M0.13%256.5B USD0.03%$226.4+0.54%
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI- Market value
- 1.16B
- Weight
- 0.05%
- AUM
- 2.3T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $378.24+0.44%
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFSCHD- Market value
- 984.68M
- Weight
- 0.88%
- AUM
- 112B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- Price / 1D
- $35.11+0.80%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETFVOO- Market value
- 952.35M
- Weight
- 0.06%
- AUM
- 1.7T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $703.71+0.39%
Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETFVO- Market value
- 785.27M
- Weight
- 0.35%
- AUM
- 224.7B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $82.97+0.53%
iShares Core S&P 500 ETFIVV- Market value
- 486.3M
- Weight
- 0.05%
- AUM
- 891.84B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $769.31+0.39%
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETFSPY- Market value
- 448.66M
- Weight
- 0.05%
- AUM
- 817.87B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Price / 1D
- $765.72+0.41%
iShares Select Dividend ETFDVY- Market value
- 377.72M
- Weight
- 1.58%
- AUM
- 23.86B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.38%
- Price / 1D
- $164.09-0.16%
Vanguard Morningstar Value ETFVTV- Market value
- 345.47M
- Weight
- 0.13%
- AUM
- 256.5B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $226.4+0.54%
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