Stock · KMB · Consumer Defensive
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1984 · Revenue 12 mo. $16.6B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care products in the United States.
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, as well as through e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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Summary
48.8 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.5B (2025), it supports €16.3B. The remaining €15.9B of the market value assume it grows 9.5% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
9.5%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 10.8×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 12.8× to 15.8×, median 14.0×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
6 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 134.55% | 12.35% | Rank 99 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 36.74% | 20.14% | Rank 78 |
| EBIT margin | 14.46% | 9.44% | Rank 71 |
| FCF margin | 9.52% | 6.71% | Rank 72 |
| Gross margin | 35.61% | 35.78% | Rank 48 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −14.17% | 2.12% | Rank 3 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 2.00% | 5.20% | Rank 41 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −2.45% | 6.07% | Rank 24 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 6.61% | 3.77% | Rank 87 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.60% | 4.25% | Rank 78 |
| FCF yield | 4.56% | 5.05% | Rank 43 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 2.47 | 1.51 | Rank 32 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 17.10 | 16.74 | Rank 48 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −2.00% | 3.24% | Rank 39 |
| Share price, 6 months | 10.78% | 11.30% | Rank 47 |
| Share price, 3 months | 3.99% | 9.00% | Rank 28 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −5.50% | −7.96% | Rank 64 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 1.15% | −0.99% | Rank 27 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.16% | −0.62% | Rank 60 |
| Dividend streak in years | 37 | 5 | Rank 96 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 2.08% | 0.22% | Rank 75 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 8.72% | 41.95% | Rank 3 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.00 | 1.96 | Rank 47 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 4.86 | 0.67 | Rank 2 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 28.37% | 25.82% | Rank 31 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18.2 | 18.6% | 2.5 | 362M | 6.6 |
| 2017 | 18.3 | 18.4% | 2.1 | 356M | 6.8 |
| 2018 | 18.5 | 12.1% | 2.1 | 350M | 6.9 |
| 2019 | 18.5 | 16.2% | 1.5 | 346M | 7.4 |
| 2020 | 19.1 | 17.0% | 2.5 | 343M | 8.1 |
| 2021 | 19.4 | 13.2% | 1.7 | 339M | 8.3 |
| 2022 | 20.2 | 13.3% | 1.9 | 338M | 8.0 |
| 2023 | 20.4 | 11.5% | 2.8 | 339M | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 20.1 | 16.0% | 2.5 | 337M | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 17.2 | 14.5% | 1.6 | 333M | 6.6 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Kimberly-Clark Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 17.9 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 24.0 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 134.6% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 8.7% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 4.86 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 4.7% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporationthis page | |
| KVUE | Kenvue Inc. | locked |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc | Low3.6 |
| CHD | Church & Dwight Company Inc | Medium5.5 |
| CLX | The Clorox Company | locked |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | locked |
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