Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB
$94.36 +0.02% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $31.32B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 16.0× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $5.88, down 19.0% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $16.57B, down 8.4% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 45%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 20%
- Gross marginTop 45%
- Operating marginTop 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 45%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
- Interest coverTop 42%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 25%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 25%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 15%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 41%
- 6-month returnTop 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 36%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 28%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 40%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 29%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.8% | -8.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -13.2% | -19.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 35.6% | 36.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 12.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 11.6% | 15.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -8.4% | -8.8% | ↑ | Bottom 11% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -19.0% | -13.2% | ↓ | Bottom 35% |
| Gross margin | 36.7% | 35.6% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 16.2% | ↓ | Top 28% |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 13.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.5% | 11.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.5% | — | Top 20% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.1% | — | Bottom 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.70×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +0.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.82×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 8.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.36%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.07%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.43%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -0.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $113.80
- Target vs current price
- +20.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 31
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 32%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -10.4% | +3.7% | +0.4% | +0.4% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +2.1% | +0.2% | -2.6% | +0.5% | +9.2% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | +2.8% | -0.5% | -1.6% | +9.9% | -4.3% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +4.0% | +3.0% | -14.3% | -7.2% | -13.8% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | +15.0% | +4.8% | +9.7% | +3.3% | -4.6% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | +2.1% | -1.5% | -6.5% | +0.5% | -8.7% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | -0.7% | -1.5% | -0.7% | +7.5% | +1.5% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | +7.6% | -4.5% | -6.0% | -5.7% | -11.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $1.80 | $2.01 | -10.4% | $4.19B |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $1.97 | $1.93 | +2.1% | $4.16B |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $1.86 | $1.81 | +2.8% | $4.08B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.82 | $1.75 | +4.0% | $4.13B |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $1.92 | $1.67 | +15.0% | $4.16B |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $1.93 | $1.89 | +2.1% | $4.84B |
| Jan 28, 2025 | $1.50 | $1.51 | -0.7% | $4.93B |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $1.83 | $1.70 | +7.6% | $4.95B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 16.0× | 22.4× | 5th | Top 25% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.1× | — | — | Top 47% |
| EV / Sales | 2.23× | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.18% | — | — | Top 35% |
| Earnings yield | 6.23% | — | — | Top 25% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.4× – 27.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -23.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -19.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +5.4%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -8.0%
- RSI (14)
- 28.2
- Relative volume
- 0.92×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.18
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.12
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -37.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2020 | Apr 7, 2026 | -39.7% | 1373 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $31.32B
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.88
- Revenue (TTM)
- $16.57B
- Dividend yield
- 5.40%
- 52-week range
- $92.42 – $123.38
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.44B | $20.18B | $20.43B | $20.06B | $17.22B |
| Gross profit | $5.99B | $6.22B | $7.03B | $7.18B | $6.13B |
| Operating income | $2.56B | $2.68B | $2.34B | $3.21B | $2.49B |
| Net income | $1.81B | $1.93B | $1.76B | $2.54B | $2.02B |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.35 | $5.72 | $5.21 | $7.55 | $6.07 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.14B | $4.93B | $4.84B | $4.16B | $4.13B | $4.08B | $4.16B | $4.19B |
| Net income | $907.0M | $447.0M | $567.0M | $509.0M | $446.0M | $499.0M | $665.0M | $345.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.69 | $1.34 | $1.70 | $1.53 | $1.34 | $1.50 | $2.00 | $1.04 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.73B | $2.73B | $3.54B | $3.23B | $2.78B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.01B | -$876.0M | -$766.0M | -$721.0M | -$1.14B |
| Free cash flow | $1.72B | $1.86B | $2.78B | $2.51B | $1.64B |
| Dividends paid | -$1.52B | -$1.56B | -$1.59B | -$1.63B | -$1.66B |
| Net share buybacks | -$400.0M | -$100.0M | -$225.0M | -$1.00B | -$101.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $956.0M
- Total assets
- $18.55B
- Total liabilities
- $16.66B
- Total debt
- $6.52B
- Net debt
- $5.56B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.75B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $1.28 | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $1.28 | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $1.28 | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $1.26 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $1.26 | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | $1.26 | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $1.26 | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | $1.22 | Jan 3, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 52,516,796
- Days to cover
- 9.43
- Change vs previous report
- +4.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 3, 2014
- 1,043-for-1,000
- Apr 3, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Jan 3, 1992
- 2-for-1
- May 26, 1987
- 2-for-1
- May 25, 1984
- 2-for-1