Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments. Kimberly-Clark brand name products include Kleenex facial tissue, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle, Scott and Andrex toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes, KimWipes scientific cleaning wipes and Huggies disposable diapers and baby wipes.
| Revenue (TTM) | $16.58B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $6.24B |
| EBITDA | $3.48B |
| Operating Margin | 19.00% |
| Return on Equity | 104.90% |
| Return on Assets | 10.20% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $49.95 |
| Book Value | $5.26 |
| Price-to-Book | 18.80 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 2.12 |
| EV/Revenue | 2.319 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.02 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | -32.30% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 0.60% |
| Shares Outstanding | $332.58M |
| Float | $331.31M |
| % Insiders | 0.71% |
| % Institutions | 99.37% |
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A 52-year raise streak sounds safe until you put it next to a 7.8% yield, a reset dividend, and a consumer staples giant whose payouts free cash flow still covers even as profits shrink.
Some of the most boring products in your grocery cart have quietly funded dividend streaks stretching back decades, and five companies selling those exact staples are still raising payouts even as their own businesses face serious headwinds.
Kimberly-Clark forecast a decline in third-quarter sales and backed its outlook for the year, following a social-media firestorm in China over the company's diapers this past summer.
Final Third Quarter and Nine Months results to be Released November 5, 2026 DALLAS, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NASDAQ: KMB) ("Kimberly-Clark"), a core S&P 500 component, today provided estimated preliminary financial data for the three months ended September 30, 2026, on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Considering these preliminary results, Kimberly-Clark's outlook for 2026 remains consistent with previous expectations; specifically: 2026 Organic Sales Growth to be approximately 100 basis points below its weighted average category growth in the categories and countries it competes.
KMB maintains resilient volume-and-mix performance amid slowing category growth, supported by productivity gains, product innovation and market-share wins.
Kimberly-Clark has raised its dividend for over five decades, but a looming $48 billion acquisition and razor-thin cash flow coverage are putting that streak under pressure most income investors haven't noticed yet.
The European Commission—the EU's executive arm—said that the sale fully addresses officials' earlier concerns that the deal could hinder competition in tampon markets in Czechia, Estonia, and Slovakia.
DALLAS, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NASDAQ: KMB) ("Kimberly-Clark") announced today that the requisite number of consents have been received to adopt certain proposed amendments (the "Amendments") with respect to all outstanding notes of Kenvue Inc. (NYSE: KVUE) ("Kenvue"). The results are based on (i) early tenders in the offers to exchange (each an "Exchange Offer" and, collectively, the "Exchange Offers") any and all outstanding notes (the "Kenvue Notes") issued by Kenvue for up to $7,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new notes to be issued by Kimberly-Clark (the "Kimberly-Clark Notes") and cash and (ii) related consent solicitations (each, a "Consent Solicitation" and, collectively, the "Consent Solicitations") being made by Kimberly-Clark on behalf of Kenvue to adopt the Amendments to the indenture (the "Kenvue Indenture") governing the Kenvue Notes.
The latest Thinx innovation combines leakproof protection and everyday wearability in a style designed to move beyond the underwear drawer. CHICAGO, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Thinx, the #1-selling reusable period underwear brand (based on grocery, drug, mass, & dollar units, 52 weeks thru 9/5/26), today announced the launch of Butterfly Shorts, a new category-bending style that blurs the line between apparel and period care.
Keurig Dr Pepper has hired Russ Torres as chief executive of its coffee spinoff, plucking the executive from Kimberly Clark.
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