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Kimberly-Clark KMB Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

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13.2%+0.4pp
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6.1%+2.2pp
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8.2%+1.6pp
Dollar General logo
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5%+1.3pp
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Colgate-PalmoliveCL
12.8%-4.7pp
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Dollar TreeDLTR
8%+4.9pp

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+17.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$542.0M-1.6%
Total debt$7.1B-2.3%
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$34.04B-32.1%
Enterprise value$40.59B-28.4%
P/E16.1×-4.3×
P/S2.1×-1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin35.9%-1.0pp
Operating margin14.9%-0.9pp
Net margin12.8%-2.1pp

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

Calculated from Kimberly-Clark’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 return on assets?
Kimberly-Clark (KMB) reported return on assets of 12.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Kimberly-Clark's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Kimberly-Clark's return on assets decreased by 14.3% year-over-year, from 14.8% to 12.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Kimberly-Clark's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Kimberly-Clark's return on assets has grown at a 2.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 47.5% to 52.6%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.