Kimberly Clark Corp (KMB)
Consumer Staples · Household Products · US stock · S&P 500 component
$110.15
▼ -2.16 (1.93%)
Fair valueFair
$119 +5.7% to fair value
$59fair band $101–$144$178
Day's range
$108.92 – $112.00
52-week range
$92.42 – $123.09
About Kimberly Clark Corp
Everyday personal care and hygiene products are the focus of Kimberly-Clark. Its brands include Huggies nappies, Kleenex tissues, Kotex feminine care, Cottonelle and Scott bathroom tissue and towels, and Depend and Poise incontinence products. It also supplies workplace hygiene products to businesses. Its goods reach consumers mainly through supermarkets, mass retailers, drugstores and online stores, and the company is organised into North American and international personal care and family care operations.
Revenue comes from consumer products and professional supplies delivered to retailers and distributors. It was $16.6 billion over the last twelve months, and growth was -1.0% a year over the last three years, so sales have contracted. The operating margin is 15.2%, and the business earns a profit of 24% on the capital invested in it. Net debt is 1.7 times EBITDA. A dividend is paid, with a yield of 4.5%. On the site's X-Ray Score it receives 50 out of 100.
Price chart
52-wk range $92.42 – $123.09Volume 5,599,713Daily, split-adjusted
Vitals
Market cap$36.7B
52-week range$92.42 – $123.09
Volume (last day)5,599,713
P/E (TTM)18.8
EBIT / EV yield5.8%
Free-cash-flow yield4.9%
Dividend yield4.5%
Revenue (TTM)$16.6B
Net income (TTM)$2.0B
Operating margin15.2%
Return on capital24.1%
Debt incl. leases$6.5B
Cash & securities$956M
Debt = borrowings plus lease liabilities. Cash & securities = cash, equivalents and short-term marketable securities (long-term securities are not counted, so net cash can be understated for companies that hold large long-term investments). Net debt = debt minus cash & securities. Source: latest SEC 10-Q/10-K. EBIT / EV yield = operating profit divided by market cap plus net debt.
Fair value estimate
$119middle half of models $99 – $134
Fair
+5.7% to fair value
Average of the 13 valuation models that pass our checks: multiples, discounted cash flow, dividend discount and earnings power value. A model more than 100% above or 60% below the price is left out as unrealistic. Model uncertainty is High, based on how far apart the models are. Undervalued or Overvalued means the gap to fair value is more than 17.5%.
Price $110
Undervalued < $101Fair $101 – $144Overvalued > $144
P/E multiple
$115
P/B multiple · not used
$230
P/S multiple
$134
EV/EBITDA multiple
$138
EV/EBIT multiple
$136
EV/revenue multiple
$130
10-year DCF, EBITDA exit
$99
5-year DCF, EBITDA exit
$108
10-year DCF, revenue exit
$99
5-year DCF, revenue exit
$107
10-year DCF, growth exit
$81
5-year DCF, growth exit
$86
Dividend discount, stable
$189
Dividend discount, multi-stage · not used
$234
Earnings power value
$122
Growth the price implies
9.6%/yr
A model estimate, not a price target or recommendation. Inputs: risk-free 5.13%, equity risk premium 4.30% (Damodaran). How it works.
What this means
Average business, fairly priced
The price sits inside our fair-value band. A high score does not guarantee a good outcome; it shifts the odds a little. Use the checklist as a prompt for your own research.
Before you invest · decision checklist
Ticked boxes are filled in from our data; the rest are yours to answer.
The five-lens scan
Every score explained in one sentence, ranked against Consumer Staples peers. Open a lens to see the numbers behind it.
Strong: 70 to 100Fair: 50 to 69Weak: under 50No score: not enough data
Valuation
Fair
57/100
Priced about in line with its sector.
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EBIT / EV yield5.8%
Free-cash-flow yield4.9%
Fair value vs price1.1×
Growth
Weak
30/100
Growing slower than most of its sector.
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Revenue growth (3y)-1.0%
EPS growth (3y)2.0%
Growth consistency40%
Profitability
Fair
68/100
Returns on capital are typical for its sector.
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Return on invested capital24.1%
Operating margin15.2%
Gross profitability32.9%
Financial health
Weak
39/100
Balance sheet is more stretched than most peers.
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Piotroski F-Score5 / 9
Net debt / EBITDA1.7×
Interest cover10.7×
Dividends
Weak
44/100
Dividend is modest or less certain than peers.
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Dividend yield4.5%
Dividends vs free cash flow93%
Dividend growth2.1%
Quarterly results: last 6 quarters
-6.3%
Mar '25
-1.6%
Jun '25
+0.1%
Sep '25
-0.6%
Dec '25
+2.7%
Mar '26
+0.6%
Jun '26
Revenue against the same quarter a year earlier. Latest quarter revenue $4.2B, diluted EPS $1.04.
Compare with peers
CL Colgate Palmolive Co57 CHD Church & Dwight Co Inc47 CLX Clorox Co24Other Household Products companies by X-Ray Score.
SWOT analysis: Kimberly Clark Corp
Strengthsinside the company
- Return on invested capital is 24.1%, against a median of 15.1% for industry peers.
- Operating margin of 15.2% is well above the 10.2% median of industry peers, a sign of pricing power or lower costs.
Weaknessesinside the company
- Revenue has fallen 1.0% a year over three years while industry peers grew 2.5%.
Opportunitiesvaluation and setting
- Trades at 19.1x earnings, 45% below the 34.8x median of industry peers.
Threatsvaluation and setting
- Valuation uncertainty is high: the models give widely different values, so the fair value range is wide.
Written by fixed rules from the figures on this page and the peer table below: filings, our fair value, the sector climate and the price trend. It summarises the data, it is not a forecast or advice.
Compare KMB with peers and sector
Medians of 3 Household Products peers and of 28 Consumer Staples stocks in our universe.
Largest peers (X-Ray Score): CL 57, CHD 47, CLX 24.
| Metric | KMB | Peers | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-Ray Score (out of 100) | 50 | 47 | 51 |
| Valuation | 57 | – | 53 |
| Growth | 30 | 61 | 49 |
| Profitability | 68 | 44 | 51 |
| Financial health | 39 | – | 54 |
| Dividends | 44 | 45 | 51 |
Sector leaders: highest X-Ray Score in Consumer Staples
KMB ranks #17 of 29 in Consumer Staples and #2 of 4 in Household Products by X-Ray Score. A higher score is stronger on our five pillars; it is a ranking of facts, not a forecast.
Green means better than the peer median, red worse (only where a higher or lower figure is clearly better). A dash means too few companies report the figure. P/E, EV/EBITDA and price changes are not graded: a different level is not good or bad by itself.
Factor ratings for KMB
Each factor is rated by where KMB stands among the 29 Consumer Staples stocks in our universe.
Rating against the sector
Goodthe top third of these stocks
Averagethe middle third of these stocks
Badthe bottom third of these stocks
"Beats" is the share of those stocks it is ahead of.
Against its own history
The last columns set today's figure against the company's own median of its last five financial years:
▲ Betterbetter than its usual level
▼ Worseworse than its usual level
≈ In linewithin its usual range
For valuation factors Good means cheaper than most of the sector and Better means cheaper than usual for this company, which is not the same as a bargain.
In total: 7 Good · 9 Average · 7 Bad of 23
Growth: 0 · 1 · 2
Profitability: 3 · 2 · 0
Financial strength: 0 · 2 · 2
Valuation: 2 · 2 · 1
Cash flow: 1 · 2 · 1
Efficiency: 1 · 0 · 1
| Factor | KMB | Rating | Sector median | Own 5-year median | Against own history |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth | |||||
| Revenue growth, 3 years a year | −1.0% | Bad beats 30% | +2.3% | – | – |
| Revenue growth, last year | −2.1% | Bad beats 20% | +2.2% | −2.0% | ≈ In line |
| EPS growth, 3 years a year | +2.0% | Average beats 50% | +2.0% | – | – |
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 36.8% | Average beats 46% | 38.7% | 36.0% | ≈ In line |
| Operating margin | 15.2% | Average beats 61% | 11.0% | 13.6% | ▲ Better |
| Net margin | 11.8% | Good beats 70% | 6.9% | 11.4% | ≈ In line |
| Return on invested capital | 24.1% | Good beats 76% | 15.2% | – | – |
| Return on equity | 111.7% | Good beats 94% | 18.6% | 303.0% | ▼ Worse |
| Financial strength | |||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.7x | Average beats 66% | 2.0x | 2.5x | ▲ Better |
| Interest cover | 10.7x | Average beats 44% | 11.8x | 9.2x | ▲ Better |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | Bad beats 27% | 1.04 | 0.80 | ▲ Better |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 / 9 | Bad beats 21% | 6 / 9 | – | – |
| Valuation | |||||
| P/E ratio | 19.1x | Good beats 72% | 25.0x | 23.3x | ▲ Better |
| Price / book | 21.4x | Bad beats 6% | 4.5x | 52.6x | ▲ Better |
| Price / sales | 2.3x | Average beats 41% | 1.8x | 2.5x | ≈ In line |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.3x | Good beats 67% | 15.2x | 17.0x | ▲ Better |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.9% | Average beats 52% | 4.8% | 4.9% | ≈ In line |
| Cash flow | |||||
| Free cash flow margin | 11.0% | Average beats 60% | 9.3% | 11.0% | ≈ In line |
| Cash from operations / net income | 1.70 | Average beats 56% | 1.54 | 1.41 | ▲ Better |
| Free cash flow growth, 3 years a year | −4.1% | Bad beats 22% | +11.0% | – | – |
| Accruals (lower is better) | −7.4% | Good beats 83% | −4.2% | – | – |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Inventory turnover | 6.8x | Good beats 73% | 5.3x | 7.0x | ≈ In line |
| Days sales outstanding | 41 days | Bad beats 26% | 35 days | 41 days | ≈ In line |
These ratings compare companies with each other and describe the past; they are not a forecast, a recommendation or part of the X-Ray Score. A factor is left out when its data is missing or meaningless (for example a P/E on negative earnings). A dash in the history columns means fewer than three usable years.
Fundamentals checklist
● 2 Good · ● 9 Average · ● 5 BadCash quality
Earnings backed by cashGood
Free-cash-flow yieldAverage
Risk models
Altman Z''Average
Piotroski F-ScoreBad
Growth
EPS growth (3y)Average
Free-cash-flow growth (3y)Bad
Revenue growth (3y)Bad
Growth consistencyBad
Balance sheet
Current ratioBad
Net debt / EBITDAAverage
Interest coverAverage
Valuation
Fair value vs priceAverage
EBIT / EV yieldAverage
Profitability
Return on invested capitalGood
Operating marginAverage
Gross profitabilityAverage
Each check is graded against the company's sector, not a fixed number. Checklist score 52/100.
Financials
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.4B | $17.0B | $17.1B | $16.8B | $16.4B |
| Operating income | $2.6B | $2.3B | $1.9B | $2.7B | $2.4B |
| Net income | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $2.5B | $2.0B |
| Operating cash flow | $2.7B | $2.7B | $3.5B | $3.2B | $2.8B |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 13.6% | 11.2% | 16.1% | 14.3% |
| Free cash flow | $1.7B | $1.9B | $2.8B | $2.5B | $1.6B |
| Diluted EPS | $5.35 | $5.72 | $5.21 | $7.55 | $6.07 |
Fiscal years, from SEC filings.
Technical summary
Daily
Strongly bullish
12 bullish · 1 neutral · 3 bearish
Weekly
Strongly bullish
9 bullish · 1 neutral · 2 bearish
Monthly
Neutral
4 bullish · 1 neutral · 3 bearish
Moving averages (daily)
| SMA 10 | 104.9 | Bullish |
| EMA 10 | 105.8 | Bullish |
| SMA 20 | 100.8 | Bullish |
| EMA 20 | 103.2 | Bullish |
| SMA 50 | 102.4 | Bullish |
| EMA 50 | 102.5 | Bullish |
| SMA 100 | 104.2 | Bullish |
| EMA 100 | 102.6 | Bullish |
| SMA 200 | 100.8 | Bullish |
| EMA 200 | 103.5 | Bullish |
Oscillators (daily)
| RSI (14) | 67.42 | Neutral |
| MACD (12, 26) | 2.38 | Bullish |
| Momentum (12) | 14.17 | Bullish |
| Stochastic %K (14) | 86.66 | Bearish |
| Williams %R (14) | -13.34 | Bearish |
| CCI (20) | 143.1 | Bearish |
Pivot points (classic, last session)
S3 105.6 | S2 107.3 | S1 108.7 | Pivot 110.4 | R1 111.8 | R2 113.4 | R3 114.9 |
Signals describe what the chart is doing, not what to do. Moving averages: price above the average is bullish. Oscillators use the usual thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20; MACD and momentum above zero are bullish). Weekly and monthly views use closing prices only.
Dividends
Paid, last 12 months
5.10 USD
Yield on today's price
4.63%
Frequency
Quarterly
Next ex-dividend date
Not announced
| Ex-dividend date | Amount per share |
|---|---|
| 1.2800 | |
| 1.2800 | |
| 1.2800 | |
| 1.2600 | |
| 1.2600 | |
| 1.2600 | |
| 1.2600 | |
| 1.2200 | |
| 1.2200 | |
| 1.2200 | |
| 1.2200 | |
| 1.1800 |
Ex-dividend dates and amounts from EODHD. Shown as declared, before tax.
ETFs that hold KMB
| ETF | Share of the fund |
|---|---|
| RSPS Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer... | 3.25% |
| XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR | 2.36% |
| PEY Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Ach... | 2.21% |
| SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Vola... | 2.08% |
| SDY SPDR S&P Dividend | 1.75% |
| IYK iShares US Consumer Staples | 1.64% |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend | 1.62% |
| KNG FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocr... | 1.50% |
The eight funds with the largest weight in KMB among the ETFs we cover, from each fund's latest SEC Form N-PORT (quarter-end positions, so they can be months old). All ETFs.
KMB stock splits
KMB has split its stock 2 times since 1992. The latest was a 2-for-1 split on 3 Apr 1997.
Full KMB stock split history →KMB SEC filings
8-KSEC EDGAR
Other events
8-KSEC EDGAR
Results of operations; Regulation FD disclosure
8-KSEC EDGAR
Other events
8-KSEC EDGAR
Director or officer change
8-KSEC EDGAR
Other events
10-QSEC EDGAR
Quarterly report
8-KSEC EDGAR
Results of operations
8-KSEC EDGAR
Shareholder vote results
Where the numbers come from
Statements SEC EDGAR filings (10-K, 10-Q), quarters derived from year-to-date figures.
Prices end-of-day closes, split-adjusted.
Industry inputs beta, multiples and equity risk premium from Damodaran Online (NYU Stern).
StocksXray is for education only and is not financial advice. Scores and fair values are model estimates from public filings and carry uncertainty.