KMB
Kimberly-Clark
Consumer Staples · Household Products · US
$99.04
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$32.6B
Total market value of the company
19.00
Reasonably valued
13.00
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+2.7%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
111.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$114.27
+15% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
HOLD
Consensus view from 15 analysts covering this stock
About Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care products in the United States. It operates in two segments, North America and International Personal Care. The North America segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers, tissue, towels, soaps and sanitizers, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Goodnites, Kotex, Poise, Depend, Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Wypall , and other brand names. Its International Personal Care segment provides baby and child care, adult care and feminine care, including disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, and other related products under the Huggies, Kotex, Goodfeel, Intimus, Depend, and other brand names. The company sells its household use products directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce. It also sells its professional use products through distributors, directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and high-volume public facilities, and through e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

https://www.kimberly-clark.com

Country: United States Employees: 36,000 Industry: Household & Personal Products
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
42.7% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
1.9% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
14.5% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.1% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$151.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
34.4%
Trading below fair value — margin of safety exists
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
78.2th
Ranks in the top 22% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
88.0
Quality Score
57.0
Combined
47.2

Trading at $98 against a fair value of $151, a 35% discount. Moderate competitive position. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 82% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
-0.315
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
-0.0314
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.268
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-9.1%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-34.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
119
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.31
Very low correlation to market moves
52W High
$144.31
31% below the year high
52W Low
$92.42
7% above the year low
Avg Volume
4,835,995
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
8.2
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
14.0%
Elevated short interest — bears are positioned against this
521.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$5.17
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

3.71
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
0.77
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.37
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
37.1%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
19.6%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$1.1B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$16.6B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.7B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
15
Target High
$162.00
Target Median
$114.27
Target Low
$90.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

55
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Politicians have been buying this name.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-06 SCRIBNER ANDREW Officer 4,095 $401,310
2026-05-04 CHEN KATY Officer 1,596 $152,164
2026-05-01 URDANETA NELSON Chief Financial Officer 6,721
2026-05-01 MELUCCI JEFFREY P Officer 6,050
2026-05-01 TORRES RUSSELL President 7,304
2026-05-01 HSU MICHAEL D Chief Executive Officer 21,612
2026-05-01 ABOU-OAF EHAB Officer 2,880
2026-05-01 FENSKE TAMERA Officer 5,462
2026-05-01 MCGEE GRANT B General Counsel 2,304
2026-05-01 CHEN KATY Officer 3,456
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Purchase 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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