Kimberly-Clark Inventory, LIFO Reserve increased by 4.7% to $200.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 2.9%, from $206.00M to $200.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Inventory, LIFO Reserve shows an upward trend with a 5.7% CAGR.
An increasing reserve typically signals a long-term inflationary environment for the company's cost of goods sold.
This represents the difference between the cost of inventory calculated under the LIFO method and the cost calculated un...
Common in US retail; peers using LIFO will report this to allow for FIFO-based comparability.
other_inventory_lifo_reserve| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $197.00M | $216.00M | $218.00M | $226.00M | $225.00M | $241.00M | $239.00M | $234.00M | $211.00M | $197.00M | $192.00M | $207.00M | $203.00M | $195.00M | $200.00M | $206.00M | $207.00M | $206.00M | $191.00M | $200.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +9.6% | +0.9% | +3.7% | -0.4% | +7.1% | -0.8% | -2.1% | -9.8% | -6.6% | -2.5% | +7.8% | -1.9% | -3.9% | +2.6% | +3.0% | +0.5% | -0.5% | -7.3% | +4.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +14.2% | +11.6% | +9.6% | +3.5% | -6.2% | -18.3% | -19.7% | -11.5% | -3.8% | -1.0% | +4.2% | -0.5% | +2.0% | +5.6% | -4.5% | -2.9% |