Kimberly-Clark Machinery and equipment increased by 0.8% to $12.92B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 15.3%, from $15.25B to $12.92B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Machinery and equipment shows a downward trend with a -2.3% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
High investment in machinery suggests a focus on production capacity expansion or technological upgrades to improve product quality.
The value of production machinery, equipment, and tooling used to manufacture products. For a company like Abbott, this...
High machinery value relative to revenue is typical for capital-intensive medical technology manufacturers.
ppe_machinery| 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 | $14.67B | $14.51B | $14.61B | $14.75B | $14.55B | $14.37B | $14.66B | $14.81B | $14.78B | $14.83B | $15.13B | $15.06B | $15.01B | $15.29B | $15.02B | $15.25B | $12.75B | $12.88B | $12.82B | $12.92B |
| QoQ Change | — | -1.0% | +0.6% | +1.0% | -1.3% | -1.2% | +2.0% | +1.0% | -0.2% | +0.3% | +2.1% | -0.4% | -0.4% | +1.8% | -1.7% | +1.5% | -16.4% | +1.0% | -0.4% | +0.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -0.8% | -1.0% | +0.3% | +0.4% | +1.6% | +3.2% | +3.3% | +1.7% | +1.6% | +3.1% | -0.7% | +1.2% | -15.1% | -15.8% | -14.6% | -15.3% |
| % of PP&E (Net) | 182.9% | 182.2% | 180.4% | 181.7% | 183.5% | 185.8% | 185.9% | 188.2% | 189.1% | 192.5% | 191.2% | 193.8% | 197.0% | 198.4% | 239.0% | 203.1% | 201.8% | 197.2% | 189.2% | 189.0% |
| Share Change | — | -0.7pp | -1.9pp | +1.3pp | +1.7pp | +2.3pp | +0.1pp | +2.4pp | +0.9pp | +3.4pp | -1.3pp | +2.6pp | +3.2pp | +1.4pp | +40.6pp | -35.9pp | -1.3pp | -4.6pp | -8.0pp | -0.2pp |