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Kimberly Clark Corp. KMB
19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
6 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
In brief
What this company does
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
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%
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 172.6%
Each USD of equity produced 173 cents of profit this year.
The 19-year record
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 19.4 | 18.3 |
| Operating income $B | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| EBITDA $B | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Income tax $B | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Net income $B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Free cash flow $B | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 6.07 | 7.55 | 5.21 | 5.72 | 5.35 | 6.87 | 6.24 | 4.03 | 6.40 | 5.99 | 2.77 | 4.04 | 5.53 | 4.42 | 3.99 | 4.45 | 4.52 | 4.03 | 4.08 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 5.04 | 4.88 | 4.72 | 4.64 | 4.56 | 4.28 | 4.12 | · | 3.88 | 3.68 | 3.52 | 3.36 | 3.24 | 2.96 | 2.80 | 2.64 | · | · | · |
| Payout % | 82 | 64 | 90 | 81 | 84 | 62 | 65 | 98 | 60 | 61 | 126 | 82 | 57 | 66 | 69 | 58 | 52 | 56 | 51 |
| ROE % | 172.6 | 290.0 | 241.3 | 364.6 | 318.2 | 793.3 | · | 824.6 | 864.5 | · | 365.0 | 54.6 | 43.5 | 34.2 | 28.5 | 32.6 | 40.6 | 43.6 | · |
| Shares out B | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | · |
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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