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Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB

Consumer Defensive  —  Household & Personal Products
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) Return on invested capital

Kimberly-Clark Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 21.1%, up 3.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.0% (fiscal 2015) to 31.3% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.20%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 18.1% (4.74)
FY2024 22.9% 7.72
FY2023 15.1% (4.13)
FY2022 19.3% 1.57
FY2021 17.7% (5.00)
FY2020 22.7% (2.23)
FY2019 24.9% 4.65
FY2018 20.3% (7.01)
FY2017 27.3% (3.96)
FY2016 31.3% 17.24

Against its own ten years

Low 14.0% High 31.3%
Ten-year median 20.3%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 27.7%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation 21.1%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 15.8%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 14.0%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 10.7%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 9.95%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 6.40%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 4.72%
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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