Kimberly-Clark Corporation

KMB Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 32.0%, free cash flow fell 4.79% and total debt fell 10.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

105.57 1.50 +1.44%
Market cap
$34.6B
P/E
18.0×
Fwd P/E
14.4×
Dividend yield
4.83%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.37
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
44/100

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) P/E ratio

Alert me on P/E ratio

As of 16 October 2026, Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) trades at a P/E ratio of 18.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.6× (April 2026) to 79.0× (December 2015); the current reading is higher than 12% of that period. That is below the Household & Personal Products industry median of 23.5× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.

P/E ratio, daily

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 16.6× (4.14%)
FY2024 17.3× (26.01%)
FY2023 23.4× (2.23%)
FY2022 23.9× (9.93%)
FY2021 26.6× 35.95%
FY2020 19.5× (10.79%)
FY2019 21.9× (21.95%)
FY2018 28.1× 52.02%
FY2017 18.5× (2.99%)
FY2016 19.0× (58.44%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 18.7× 23.27%
Mar 2026 15.1× (8.73%)
Dec 2025 16.6× (20.99%)
Sep 2025 21.0× 18.60%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 14.6× High 79.0×
Ten-year median 22.5×
Current reading's percentile 13

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
UL Unilever PLC compare 11.2×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation 18.0×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 18.1×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 21.7×
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 22.1×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 33.5×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 37.1×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 113×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 205×
Household & Personal Products industry median 23.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.1×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

The full definition of P/E ratio →

More on KMB