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Kimberly Clark Corp. KMB

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
6 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
$16.4B
▼ 2.1% YoY
$2.0B
▼ 20.6% YoY
$1.6B
▼ 34.8% YoY
In brief

What this company does

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is principally engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of a wide range of products made from natural or synthetic fibers and materials using technologies in fibers, nonwovens and absorbency. Its brands are present in more than 175 countries and territories. As of December 31, 2025, it had approximately 36,000 employees in its consolidated operations, of which approximately 35% were located in North America. Following the IFP Transaction, the company's continuing operations were organized into two reportable segments defined by geographic region: North America and International Personal Care. Its portfolio of brands, including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Plenitud, Sweety, Softex, Viva and WypAll, spans five global product categories: Baby & Child Care, Adult Care, Feminine Care, Family Care, and Professional. Its largest customer, Walmart Inc., represented approximately 16% of net sales from continuing operations in 2025 and 2024, and 15% in 2023. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and incorporated in Delaware in 1928.

Written from the business description in KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 16.4B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 16.4 · Net income 2.0
8B16B2007201020132016201920222025
Compound annual growth
−6.6%
−3.0%
−1.2%
−1.2%
+1.5%
−3.0%
+7.2%
+0.6%
+2.0%
−2.4%
+8.2%
+2.1%
+2.8%
+3.3%
+3.7%
+4.4%
+4.0%
−1.9%
−1.2%
+0.1%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at −3.0% a year over five years.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
12 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 14.3% · Net 12.5%
5%10%15%2007201020132016201920222025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 172.6%
500%2007201020132016201920222025

Each USD of equity produced 173 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 1.8B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $B
FY2025 · FCF 1.6
1B2B2007201020132016201920222025
Net buybacks $B Dividends $B
FY2025 · Dividends 1.7 · Net buybacks 0.1
2BDividendsNet buybacks2007201020132016201920222025

USD 1.7B in dividends and USD 101.0M in buybacks — 87% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 17.1B
EquityUSD 1.5B
CashUSD 688.0M
Gross debtUSD 7.2B
Net debtUSD 6.5B
Current ratio0.75×

Net debt stands at 431% of equity.

The 19-year record
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007
Revenue $B16.416.817.120.219.419.118.418.518.318.318.619.719.619.520.819.719.119.418.3
Operating income $B2.42.71.92.72.63.23.02.23.43.41.62.52.92.42.42.82.82.52.6
EBITDA $B3.23.52.73.43.34.03.93.14.14.12.43.4·······
Income tax $B0.60.40.30.50.50.70.60.50.80.90.40.90.80.70.70.80.70.60.5
Net income $B2.02.51.81.91.82.42.21.42.32.21.01.52.11.81.61.81.91.71.8
Free cash flow $B1.62.52.81.91.72.51.52.12.12.51.21.82.12.21.31.82.61.61.4
EPS, diluted $6.077.555.215.725.356.876.244.036.405.992.774.045.534.423.994.454.524.034.08
Dividend / sh $5.044.884.724.644.564.284.12·3.883.683.523.363.242.962.802.64···
Payout %826490818462659860611268257666958525651
ROE %172.6290.0241.3364.6318.2793.3·824.6864.5·365.054.643.534.228.532.640.643.6·
Shares out B0.330.330.340.340.340.340.340.340.350.360.360.370.380.390.400.410.410.41·

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Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 92 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 19 of 19 fiscal years. 3 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityConverted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes)
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2007

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