The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

KMB

Concerning the House

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

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%
Quotation

$110.70

+1.77 (+1.6%)

52w hi$128.52
52w lo$91.79
Vol1.77M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.12

Short+0.11
Medium-0.21
Long-0.39

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products

Market cap$36.75B
Enterprise value$41.93B
Trailing P/E21.83x
Forward P/E14.82x
EV / EBITDA12.05x
P / S (ttm)2.22x
Profit margin11.8%
Return on equity104.9%
Revenue growth+0.6%
Earnings growth-32.3%
Debt / equity348.93
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.06
Corr SPX0.04
Annual vol23.2%
Annual ret-9.4%
Sharpe-0.41
Max DD-37.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.10
Sector+0.02
Technical+0.08
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$110.00$111.06$109.45$110.701.77M
Aug 12$107.60$109.55$107.40$108.932.27M
Aug 11$107.42$108.71$107.28$108.572.07M
Aug 10$108.37$109.10$107.29$108.023.14M
Aug 7$108.49$109.83$107.14$109.682.71M