← BackKIMBERLY CLARK CORP · Converted Paper & Paperboard ProdsKMB
Low riskNext report: Around Jan 26, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Raised its dividend (4.6% yield)
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 9.1% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (791 bought, 734 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$109.65-0.5% that day
- Company value
- $36.5B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 18.6x
- You pay about $19 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 2.2x
- Company value is 2.2 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 4.6%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 3%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 18%
- Debt as a share of company value
From KMB's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$4.2B+0.6% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $16.6B, up 0.7% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales shrank about 3.0% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.172.6%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.4.31x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.12.3%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$2.8B
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-1.5% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.36.0%
- Revenue
- $16.4B
- -2.1% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- -3.0%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $6.5B
- 4.31x equity
- Current ratio
- 0.75x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Reported Oct 15Before open7:08 am ET From the press release- Kimberly-Clark Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2026 Results and Provides Full Year 2026 Outlook Consistent with Previous Expectations .
- Considering these preliminary results, Kimberly-Clark's outlook for 2026 remains consistent with previous expectations; specifically:.
The numbers below are the quarter before. The new quarter's full numbers come with the 10-Q. Read the press release ↗
- Revenue
- $4.2B
- +0.6% YoY
- EPS
- $1.04
- vs $1.53
- Op. margin
- 15.1%
- +0.9 pts
- Gross margin
- 38.3%
- +3.3 pts
- Free cash flow
- $556.0M
- Share count
- 0.0%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.8
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+9.1%Institutions added 9.1% to their holdings. 791 bought, 734 sold. 5 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions322.4M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-0.6%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
3.7x · $6.5B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
333MNext reportAround Jan 26, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 15
- Results filedAug 4
- Results filedApr 28
- Results filedJan 27
- Results filedOct 30, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.