Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Kenvue Inc. KVUE
$17.39 +1.10% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $33.02B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 20.0× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.87, up 17.6% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $15.41B, up 1.8% 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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 31%
- Gross marginTop 16%
- Operating marginTop 10%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Interest coverTop 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 45%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 16%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 5%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 21%
- 6-month returnTop 36%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 27%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 45%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 22%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 43%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.1% | 1.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 54.5% | 17.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 58.0% | 58.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 19.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 10.8% | 13.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.8% | -0.1% | ↑ | Bottom 39% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.6% | 54.5% | ↓ | Top 32% |
| Gross margin | 58.2% | 58.0% | ↑ | Top 16% |
| Operating margin | 19.5% | 15.8% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Net margin | 10.8% | 9.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.7% | 10.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.1% | — | Top 31% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.4% | — | Bottom 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.40×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +0.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.33×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 8.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.03%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.21%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.25%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $19.50
- Target vs current price
- +12.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 29%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -2.7% | -2.5% | -3.5% | -2.7% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +22.1% | +0.2% | -2.8% | -4.5% | +7.5% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | +21.2% | -1.6% | +1.3% | -5.3% | -6.6% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +7.6% | +12.3% | +17.5% | +19.8% | +19.7% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +2.9% | +1.5% | +1.3% | -4.2% | -33.6% |
| May 8, 2025 | +5.5% | +4.1% | +0.4% | -6.3% | -4.0% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +0.0% | -4.5% | +1.1% | +11.8% | +15.6% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +2.8% | +2.1% | +2.8% | +2.8% | -7.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.32 | -2.7% | $3.96B |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.26 | +22.1% | $3.91B |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.22 | +21.2% | $3.78B |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.26 | +7.6% | $3.76B |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.29 | $0.28 | +2.9% | $3.84B |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.24 | $0.23 | +5.5% | $3.74B |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.26 | +0.0% | $3.66B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.28 | $0.27 | +2.8% | $3.90B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 20.0× | 23.9× | 0th | Top 35% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.8× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| EV / Sales | 2.62× | — | — | Bottom 16% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.41% | — | — | Top 45% |
| Earnings yield | 5.00% | — | — | Top 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 20.8× – 44.0× since Oct 2, 2022. 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
- +10.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +17.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -25.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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)
- -3.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.6%
- RSI (14)
- 36.1
- Relative volume
- 0.52×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 20.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 10th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.03
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -42.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2023 | Oct 16, 2025 | -48.7% | 608 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $33.02B
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.87
- Revenue (TTM)
- $15.41B
- Dividend yield
- 5.99%
- 52-week range
- $14.02 – $20.13
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.05B | $14.95B | $15.44B | $15.46B | $15.12B |
| Gross profit | $8.42B | $8.29B | $8.64B | $8.96B | $8.79B |
| Operating income | $2.92B | $2.67B | $2.51B | $1.84B | $2.70B |
| Net income | $2.08B | $2.06B | $1.66B | $1.03B | $1.47B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.10 | $1.08 | $0.87 | $0.54 | $0.76 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.90B | $3.66B | $3.74B | $3.84B | $3.76B | $3.78B | $3.91B | $3.96B |
| Net income | $383.0M | $293.0M | $322.0M | $420.0M | $398.0M | $330.0M | $474.0M | $456.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.20 | $0.15 | $0.17 | $0.22 | $0.21 | $0.17 | $0.25 | $0.24 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $334.0M | $2.52B | $3.17B | $1.77B | $2.20B |
| Capital expenditure | -$295.0M | -$375.0M | -$469.0M | -$434.0M | -$475.0M |
| Free cash flow | $39.0M | $2.15B | $2.70B | $1.33B | $1.72B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | -$14.55B | -$1.55B | -$1.58B |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $4.24B | -$235.0M | -$197.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.11B
- Total assets
- $26.73B
- Total liabilities
- $16.18B
- Total debt
- $8.48B
- Net debt
- $7.37B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $10.55B
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | $0.21 | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $0.21 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| May 13, 2026 | $0.21 | May 27, 2026 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.21 | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.21 | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Aug 13, 2025 | $0.21 | Aug 27, 2025 |
| May 14, 2025 | $0.21 | May 28, 2025 |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.21 | Feb 26, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 57,631,922
- Days to cover
- 1.73
- Change vs previous report
- -20.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.