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Kimberly-Clark KMB Return on equity

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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+17.7%

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$33.68B-32.1%
Enterprise value$40.22B-28.4%
P/E15.9×-4.2×
P/S-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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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 equity?
Kimberly-Clark (KMB) reported return on equity of 146.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Kimberly-Clark's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Kimberly-Clark's return on equity decreased by 36.4% year-over-year, from 229.8% to 146.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Kimberly-Clark's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Kimberly-Clark's return on equity has grown at a -16.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1,523% to 754.8%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.