Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB

98.43 1.21 1.24% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$32.3B
P/E
16.7×
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) Operating margin

Kimberly-Clark Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 15.2%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.68% (fiscal 2015) to 18.5% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.79% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.81%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.3% (1.78)
FY2024 16.1% 4.83
FY2023 11.2% (2.05)
FY2022 13.3% 0.12
FY2021 13.2% (3.78)
FY2020 17.0% 0.74
FY2019 16.2% 4.15
FY2018 12.1% (6.24)
FY2017 18.3% (0.20)
FY2016 18.5% 9.82

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 15.1% (2.98)
Mar 2026 18.1% 5.66
Dec 2025 12.4% (2.53)
Sep 2025 15.0% 0.74
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Against its own ten years

Low 8.68% High 18.5%
Ten-year median 14.3%
Current reading's percentile 55

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 17.5%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 17.3%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 17.1%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation 15.2%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 14.9%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 13.6%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 7.23%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 5.18%
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.79%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.81%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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