KIMBERLY CLARK CORP financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
KMB on Nasdaq
Location
Irving, TX
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
12 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • KMB - KIMBERLY CLARK CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 27%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-13%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 30 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-30) highlights Return On Invested Capital 26.6%, Return On Equity 126.6%, and Return On Assets 9.6%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

61.9/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

27%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Equity

127%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

9.6%

Metric score 95.2/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.74x
Quick Ratio
0.37x
Debt to Equity
4.65x

Strengths

Return On Invested Capital, Return On Equity, and Return On Assets

Watchpoints

Debt-to-equity, Revenues YoY, and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 27% -13%
Return On Equity 127% -40%
Return On Assets 9.6% -20%
Operating Margin 13% -11%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.74x -6.5%
Quick Ratio 0.37x -7.4%
Debt-to-equity 4.65x -47%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY -2.1%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -21%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 331,922,371 +0.07%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 331,900,000 +0.03%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $473,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 331,900,000 -1.1%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 333,200,000 -1.1%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Operating Income (Loss) $2,351,000,000 -13%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $599,000,000 +36%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 6.08 -20%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 6.07 -20%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $688,000,000 -32%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $1,892,000,000 +9.5%
Inventory, Net $1,475,000,000 +1.6%
Other Assets, Current $535,000,000 -23%
Assets, Current $5,310,000,000 -4.8%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $6,775,000,000 +7.8%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $369,000,000 +1.7%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $77,000,000 -3.8%
Goodwill $1,839,000,000 +2.4%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $1,062,000,000 +7.9%
Assets $17,098,000,000 +3.3%
Accounts Payable, Current $3,388,000,000 +3.8%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $1,888,000,000 -9.7%
Liabilities, Current $7,125,000,000 +1.7%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $6,474,000,000 -5.5%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $445,000,000 +48%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $258,000,000 -2.6%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $646,000,000 +6.1%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $3,444,000,000 +8.6%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $9,611,000,000 +3.8%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $1,502,000,000 +79%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $1,630,000,000 +67%
Liabilities and Equity $17,098,000,000 +3.3%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 1,200,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 378,600,000 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 1.25 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $688,000,000 -32%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $451,000,000 +53%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $1,615,000,000 +4.9%
Operating Lease, Liability $386,000,000 +1.3%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $2,343,000,000 -0.76%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $438,000,000 +3.8%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $16,509,000,000 +5.1%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $128,000,000 +10%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $116,000,000 -2.5%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $146,000,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.058 +35%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $52,000,000 +27%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $69,000,000 -5.5%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 20,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $545,000,000 +3.2%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $42,000,000 +17%
Additional Paid in Capital $849,000,000 -1.5%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $1,164,000,000 -6.5%
Interest Expense $256,000,000 -5.2%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY