Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- Industry
- Household & Personal Care
- Exchange
- US
- Country
- USA
- IPO date
- Dec 17, 1984
- Employees
- 36,000
- Website
- www.kimberly-clark.com
Composite valuation range · conservative $75–$88 / fair $90–$105 / optimistic $110–$125. At $111.44, Within the optimistic intrinsic-value range · much expectation priced in.
At publication $100.18 (May 28, 2026)
Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care products in the United States. It operates in two segments, North America and International Personal Care. The North America segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers, tissue, towels, soaps and sanitizers, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Goodnites, Kotex, Poise, Depend, Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Wypall , and other brand names. Its International Personal Care segment provides baby and child care, adult care and feminine care, including disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, and other related products under the Huggies, Kotex, Goodfeel, Intimus, Depend, and other brand names. The company sells its household use products directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce. It also sells its professional use products through distributors, directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and high-volume public facilities, and through e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
History
Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with an IPO date of December 17, 1984. It has grown into a global consumer staples company whose products are sold across 175+ countries and regions under brands including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, and Depend. The company is now organized around a North America segment and an International Personal Care segment, while its International Family Care & Professional (IFP) business is being treated as discontinued operations; 2025 revenue across these areas was roughly 10.8 billion, 5.7 billion, and 3.3 billion respectively. In 2025 the company on a continuing-operations basis recorded revenue of 16.4 billion and operating profit of 2.4 billion. Since launching its Powering Care initiative in 2024, the company has pursued a major restructuring, including forming a joint venture combining the IFP business with Suzano and announcing a cash-and-stock acquisition of Kenvue that is expected to add about 280 million new KMB shares and roughly 6.7 billion in cash; it also disclosed reaching 54 consecutive years of dividend increases.
Industry position
Kimberly-Clark operates in the mature household and personal products industry under a traditional brand, manufacturing, and distribution model, processing inputs such as fiber, pulp, polypropylene, and superabsorbent materials into tissue, diapers, feminine care, adult incontinence, and professional products sold through supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, distributors, and e-commerce. The company reports that its brands hold a number one or number two share position in about 70 countries, and it operates manufacturing facilities in 30 countries (including equity affiliates). Its strongest industry competitor is Procter & Gamble, whose Baby, Feminine & Family Care segment recorded fiscal 2025 net sales of about 20.248 billion with high overlap to KMB's core categories; KMB has acknowledged that many of its competitors are larger and more diversified. Competition centers on brand recognition and loyalty, product innovation, quality and performance, price, and marketing and distribution capability. Walmart accounted for about 16% of KMB's continuing-operations sales, and on a 2025 continuing-operations basis the company reported organic sales growth of 1.7%, with volume up 2.5% and net price down 0.9%.
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