profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Kimberly-Clark
$109.43+2.09% today
+4.8% in 1 year
1-year low $93.051-year high $114.74
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $33.23 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Kimberly-Clark sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $20.2 billion in 2022 to $16.4 billion in 2025, with $2.02 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Kimberly-Clark handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$1.7B
Free cash flow 2025$1.6B
Bought back its own shares$141M
Paid as dividends$1.7B
Cash vs. debt$688M vs. $7.3B
Kimberly-Clark vs. similar companies
Kimberly-Clark grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly-Clark | 33.2× · Expensive | ||
 Procter & Gamble | 24.5× · Fair price | ||
 L'Oréal | 39.3× · Expensive | ||
 Unilever | 13.7× · Cheap | ||
 Colgate-Palmolive | 37.2× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Kimberly-Clark's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19,140 | 19,440 | 20,175 | 17,146 | 16,805 | 16,447 | |
| 6,822 | 5,988 | 6,219 | 6,269 | 6,289 | 5,923 | |
| 3,244 | 2,561 | 2,681 | 2,586 | 2,797 | 2,351 | |
| 4,040 | 3,327 | 3,376 | 2,652 | 3,469 | 3,113 | |
| 2,352 | 1,814 | 1,934 | 1,764 | 2,545 | 2,021 | |
| 6.87 | 5.35 | 5.73 | 5.21 | 7.55 | 6.07 | |
| 35.6% | 30.8% | 30.8% | 36.6% | 37.4% | 36.0% | |
| 16.9% | 13.2% | 13.3% | 15.1% | 16.6% | 14.3% | |
| 12.3% | 9.3% | 9.6% | 10.3% | 15.1% | 12.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 17,523 | 17,837 | 17,970 | 17,344 | 16,546 | 17,098 |
| Cash | 303 | 270 | 427 | 1,093 | 1,010 | 688 |
| Total debt | 8,364 | 8,574 | 8,549 | 8,114 | 7,534 | 7,296 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 17,270 | 16,276 | 15,571 | 15,468 |
| 626 | 514 | 547 | 915 | 840 | 1,502 | |
| 343 | 339 | 338 | 339 | 337 | 333 | |
| 28.5% | 22.3% | 22.8% | 16.6% | 25.4% | 20.7% | |
| 375.7% | 352.9% | 353.6% | 192.8% | 303.0% | 134.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,729 | 2,730 | 2,733 | 3,542 | 3,234 | 2,777 | |
| 1,217 | 1,007 | 876 | 766 | 721 | 1,138 | |
| 2,512 | 1,723 | 1,857 | 2,776 | 2,513 | 1,639 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,451 | 1,516 | 1,558 | 1,588 | 1,628 | 1,660 |
| 700 | 400 | 100 | 320 | 1,000 | 141 | |
| 147 | 26 | 150 | 169 | 131 | 140 |
Valuation
- 33.2×
- 14.6×
- –
- 45.1×
- 4.1×
- 41.0×
- 23.7×
- 2.4%
- 3.0%
- 5.2%
Profitability
- 36.0%
- 14.3%
- 12.3%
- 18.5%
- 21.2%
- 21.9%
- 143.6%
- 12.3%
- 21.4%
- –
Growth
- −3.0%
- −2.4%
- −34.8%
- +3.3%
- −0.5%
Financial health
- 2.1×
- 4.86
- 41.2%
- 9.0×
- 0.75
- 0.55
- 0.96
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 11%of 669
Top 33%of 672
Bottom 18%of 623
Bottom 9%of 671
Bottom 27%of 666
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $103.75
- Range
- $99.00 – $110.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.97 | 1.93 | +2.1% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 1.86 | 1.81 | +2.8% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 1.82 | 1.75 | +4.0% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 1.92 | 1.67 | +15.0% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 1.93 | 1.89 | +2.1% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 1.50 | 1.51 | −0.7% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 1.83 | 1.70 | +7.6% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 1.96 | 1.71 | +14.6% |
5.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$52a year at today's yield, before tax
+3.3%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$3.52 in 2015 → $5.04 in 2025
How safe it looks
82.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 101.3%
News
What's Wrong With Kimberly-Clark Stock?Yahoo Finance · Nov 10, 2026Kimberly-Clark Acquires Kenvue. Here’s What Investors Need to Know Ahead of Its Nov. 5 Earnings Report.Yahoo Finance · Nov 3, 2026Kimberly-Clark's preliminary Q3 results top expectationsSeeking Alpha · Oct 15, 2026Kimberly-Clark expected to win EU approval for Kenvue in phase 1 - reportSeeking Alpha · Sep 15, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
45No pass
Benjamin Graham
27No pass
Philip Fisher
47No pass
Peter Lynch
15No pass
Joel Greenblatt
22No pass
Charlie Munger
54No pass
Terry Smith
48No pass
Questions about Kimberly-Clark
Is Kimberly-Clark a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Kimberly-Clark AI analysis
What does Kimberly-Clark do?
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. It is in Household & Personal Products, based in Dallas, TX, United States, with 36,000 employees.
Does Kimberly-Clark pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 5.2% a year, about 82% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.66 billion in dividends.
Is Kimberly-Clark stock halal?
Yes. Kimberly-Clark passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 11% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Kimberly-Clark stock done over the past year?
Up 4.8% over the past twelve months, to $109.43. It traded between $93.05 and $114.74 and is 4.6% below its high.
Who are Kimberly-Clark's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Kimberly-Clark's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.