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

108.79 1.67 −1.51%
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) Return on assets

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Kimberly-Clark Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.1%, down 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.67% (fiscal 2015) to 15.3% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.45%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 12.0% (3.01)
FY2024 15.0% 5.03
FY2023 9.99% (0.81)
FY2022 10.8% 0.54
FY2021 10.3% (4.08)
FY2020 14.3% (0.14)
FY2019 14.5% 4.98
FY2018 9.50% (5.81)
FY2017 15.3% 0.60
FY2016 14.7% 8.04

Against its own ten years

Low 6.67% High 15.3%
Ten-year median 12.0%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 12.2%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 12.0%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation 11.1%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 10.8%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 10.1%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 8.38%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 3.55%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 1.87%
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.45%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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