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Kimberly-Clark KMB Inventory LIFO Reserve

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.2B+2.7%
Gross profit$1.5B+1.7%
Operating income$753.0M+19.3%
Net income$665.0M+17.3%
EPS (diluted)$2.00+17.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$542.0M-1.6%
Total debt$7.1B-2.2%
Total equity$1.8B+63.1%
Total assets$17.2B+5.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$745.0M+128%
CapEx$424.0M+108%
Free cash flow$321.0M+161%

Valuation

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Market cap$36.44B-9.5%
Enterprise value$42.98B-8.4%
P/E17.2×+0.6×
P/S2.2×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin35.9%-1.0pp
Operating margin14.9%-0.9pp
Net margin12.8%-2.1pp
FCF margin11.1%-3.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity146.3%-83.5pp
Debt / equity3.9×-2.6×
Current ratio0.8×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Kimberly-Clark in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InventoryLIFOReserve.

The official record: Kimberly-Clark’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Kimberly-Clark's inventory LIFO reserve?
Kimberly-Clark (KMB) reported inventory LIFO reserve of $200M in Q1 2026.
How has Kimberly-Clark's inventory LIFO reserve changed year-over-year?
Kimberly-Clark's inventory LIFO reserve decreased by 2.9% year-over-year, from $206M to $200M.
What is the long-term trend for Kimberly-Clark's inventory LIFO reserve?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Kimberly-Clark's inventory LIFO reserve has grown at a 5.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $145M to $191M.
What does inventory LIFO reserve mean?
This is the difference between the cost of inventory calculated using the FIFO or average cost method and the cost calculated using the LIFO method. It is used to adjust the LIFO-based inventory value to a current cost basis for analytical purposes. Investors use this to normalize earnings and inventory values when comparing companies that use different inventory accounting methods.