# Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) — Stock CV

Kimberly-Clark Corp. is a $32.6B materials company. Revenue shrank 8.3% over the last year, it keeps 12¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~3.6 years of free cash flow. It trades at 16.6× earnings — near the lowest of its own history.

> With more than half of its sales from personal care and another third from consumer tissue products, Kimberly-Clark is a leading manufacturer in the tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: KMB
- **Sector**: Basic Materials
- **Industry**: Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes)
- **Headquarters**: IRVING, TX
- **Employees**: 36 000
- **Website**: https://www.kimberly-clark.com
- **Market cap**: $32.6B
- **Last price**: $97.98
- **Financial profile**: Mixed

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $16.6B
- **Net income**: $1.96B
- **Free cash flow**: $1.82B
- **Net debt**: $6.48B
- **P/E**: 16.6
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: -8.3%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 90 |
| Growth | 26 |
| Profitability | 90 |
| Health | 47 |
| Quality | 87 |
| Moat | 81 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 10 of 11 passed

- [ ] Revenue growing — -8.3% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $1.96B TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +2.0% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $1.82B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~3.6y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $32.6B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -2.7% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [x] Financially stable — Altman Z 2.6 — grey
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 5.17%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 16.6

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2024** — Best year on record: $2.54B net income
- **2022** — Kimberly-Clark acquired majority stake in Thinx, a period underwear brand
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $10B: $18.2B in first reported year
- **FY2016** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 10-year streak
- **2002** — Kimberly-Clark purchased paper-packaging rival Amcor's stake in an Australian joint venture
- **2001** — Kimberly-Clark bought Italian diaper maker Linostar and announced it was closing four Latin American…
- **2000** — Also in 2000, the company bought virtually all of Taiwan's S-K Corporation
- **1997** — Kimberly-Clark sold its 50% stake in Canada's Scott Paper to forest products company Kruger Inc
- **1995** — Kimberly-Clark merged with Scott Paper in 1995 for $9.4 billion
- **1994** — Kimberly-Clark entered a joint venture with Buenos Aires-based Descartables Argentinos S.A
- **1914** — The company developed cellu-cotton in 1914, a cotton substitute used by the U.S
- **1889** — The town was renamed Kimberly after John A
- **1872** — Founded in Neenah, Wisconsin, in 1872 and based in the Las Colinas section of Irving, Texas, since 1985, the company…

## Strengths

- Interest covered 9.8× by operating earnings
- High returns on invested capital (ROIC 27.9%)

## Watch-outs

- Revenue shrinking 8.3% year over year

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $19.4B | $1.81B | $1.72B |
| FY2022 | $20.2B | $1.93B | $1.86B |
| FY2023 | $20.4B | $1.76B | $2.78B |
| FY2024 | $20.1B | $2.54B | $2.51B |
| FY2025 | $16.4B | $2.02B | $1.64B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/KMB — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.