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

110.65 1.86 +1.71%
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) Gross margin

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Kimberly-Clark Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 36.8%, up 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (36.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 30.3% (fiscal 2018) to 37.4% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Household & Personal Products industry median of 46.9% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 36.0% (1.41)
FY2024 37.4% 0.86
FY2023 36.6% 5.73
FY2022 30.8% 0.03
FY2021 30.8% (4.84)
FY2020 35.6% 2.93
FY2019 32.7% 2.43
FY2018 30.3% (5.62)
FY2017 35.9% (0.69)
FY2016 36.6% 0.96

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 38.3% 1.42
Mar 2026 36.9% 0.94
Dec 2025 35.9% (0.07)
Sep 2025 36.0% 1.01
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 30.3% High 37.4%
Ten-year median 35.6%
Current reading's percentile 90

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 76.0%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 74.4%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 64.8%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 60.6%
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 49.8%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 46.1%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 41.9%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation 36.8%
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 46.9%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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