Kimberly-Clark Corporation

KMB Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products

Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $16.4 billion, down 2.13% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.62%
EPS
−32.0%
Free cash flow
−4.79%
Total debt
−10.0%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

108.26 2.20 −1.99%
Market cap
$67.8B
P/E
18.8×
Fwd P/E
16.9×
Dividend yield
4.61%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.37
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
44/100

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) Debt to equity

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Kimberly-Clark Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 3.5×, down 0.9× from fiscal 2025 (4.4×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −162× (fiscal 2018) to 194× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 4.4× (42.20%)
FY2024 7.6× 1.77%
FY2023 7.5× (37.87%)
FY2022 12.0× 3.42%
FY2021 11.6× 20.87%
FY2020 9.6× (75.90%)
FY2019 39.9× —
FY2018 −162× —
FY2017 8.4× (86.99%)
FY2016 64.7× (66.70%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 3.5× (6.04%)
Mar 2026 3.7× (15.84%)
Dec 2025 4.4× (11.62%)
Sep 2025 5.0× (3.60%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −162× High 194×
Ten-year median 9.6×
Current reading's percentile 18

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.0×
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 0.1×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 0.5×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 0.6×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 0.7×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 1.8×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation 3.5×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 12.1×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 32.9×
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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