Consumer Defensive
Kimberly-Clark Corporation(KMB)
Live Price
Offline$102.56
+1.07% today
1Y Change
-19.97%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $32.26B
- Revenue Growth
- -14.2%
- EPS Growth
- -19.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 5.2%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $32.26B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $102.56 and down 20.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -14.2%, EPS growth of -19.8%, a dividend yield of 5.2%. What stands out right now is revenue -14.2%, EPS -19.8%, free cash flow -34.8% with operating margin 13.3% and ROIC 15.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.2%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 15.2 and price/sales 2.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KMB price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-14.2% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+13.3% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
15.2 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -14.2% and EPS is at -19.8%, with operating margin around 13.3%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 5.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -5.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | โ | -2.4% | -1.3% | +1.8% |
2026 Jan 27, 2026 | +2.8% | -1.1% | +0.1% | +8.5% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +4.0% | -0.4% | -16.2% | -9.2% |
Benchmark Edge
KMB vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
KMB Max Drawdown
-31.97%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KMB and SPY.
Company Overview
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, swimpants, training and youth pants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, Poise, and other brand names. The Consumer Tissue segment provides facial and bathroom tissues, paper towels, napkins, and related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Neve, and other brand names. The K-C Professional segment offers wipers, tissues, towels, apparel, soaps, and sanitizers under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and KleenGuard brands. The company sells 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; and away-from-home use products directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and public facilities, as well as through distributors and e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
- Leadership
- Michael D. Hsu
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 38.0k
- Street Address
- PO Box 619100
- Mailing
- Dallas, TX, 75261-9100
- Region
- Dallas, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 972-281-1200
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 15.2
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.7
- Price/Sales
- 2.0
- Price/Book
- 18.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -14.2%
- EPS
- -19.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- -34.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 35.9%
- Operating Margin
- 13.3%
- Net Margin
- 12.8%
- ROE
- 143.6%
- ROIC
- 15.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 3.94
- Current Ratio
- 0.77
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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