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Kimberly-Clark Corporation

KMB Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$98.43

▲ +1.21 (+1.2%)

52w hi$118.28
52w lo$90.70
Vol3.29M
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.27

Short-0.15
Medium-0.33
Long-0.39

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products

Market cap$32.74B
Enterprise value$38.44B
Trailing P/E19.45x
Forward P/E13.16x
EV / EBITDA11.04x
P / S (ttm)1.97x
Profit margin11.8%
Return on equity104.9%
Revenue growth+0.6%
Earnings growth-32.3%
Debt / equity348.93

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.11
Sector-0.01
Technical-0.17
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

Kimberly-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.

United States · www.kimberly-clark.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX0.09
Corr SPX0.06
Annual vol23.6%
Annual ret-15.0%
Sharpe-0.64
Max DD-36.9%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$113.79
High / Low$162.00 / $90.00
Median$108.00
Analysts14
Strong Buy3
Buy3
Hold8
Sell1
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-04-29UBS→ Neutral
2026-04-14Barclays→ Equal-Weight
2026-04-10B of A Securities→ Buy
2026-04-08Wells Fargo→ Equal-Weight
2026-04-07UBS→ Neutral
2026-03-30Deutsche Bank→ Hold

Officers & Board

FounderHavilah Babcock current
CEOThomas J. Falk current
FounderCharles B. Clark current
FounderJohn A. Kimberly current

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-04Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-05-14Shareholder Voteread
2026-05-05Officer / Director Changeread
2026-04-28Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-01-29Shareholder Vote, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-01-27Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-01-16Other Material Eventread
2025-12-04Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2025-11-07Officer / Director Changeread
2025-11-03Material Agreement, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-10-30Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-08-01Earnings Release, Exhibitsread

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net$0
Insider buys / sells0 / 0
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders9
Top-5 share98.2%
HHI3,514 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$2.34B21.08M
Fidelity / FMR LLC$1.44B13.13M
Capital Research / Capital World$510.84M4.65M
Citadel Advisors$194.94M1.78M
Renaissance Technologies$164.61M1.50M
AQR Capital Management$54.79M501.09K
Bridgewater Associates$16.48M150.12K
Millennium Management$13.16M119.90K
T. Rowe Price Group$282.04K2.57M

As of 2026-06-30

Dividends

Yield (TTM)2.58%
$ / share (TTM)$2.54
5y CAGR+3.3%

Annual dividend per share

2021$4.56
2022$4.64
2023$4.72
2024$4.88
2025$5.04
2026$1.28

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-044view
2026-08-044view
2026-08-0410-Qview
2026-08-048-Kview
2026-06-2311-Kview
2026-05-148-Kview
2026-05-064view
2026-05-058-Kview
2026-05-044view
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The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$4.16B-9.1%
Gross profit$1.69B-7.5%
Operating income$2.35B-0.7%
Net income$567.00M-7.2%
Cash from ops$3.54B+2.9%

Indices

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$97.27$98.58$96.72$98.433.29M
Sep 24$98.04$98.90$97.13$97.223.65M
Sep 23$98.76$99.12$97.42$97.703.22M
Sep 22$99.33$99.92$98.65$98.914.08M
Sep 21$98.32$98.32$96.82$97.743.63M

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