Kimberly Clark Corp

Consumer Discretionary
Containers/Packaging
www.kimberly-clark.com

Earnings Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $46.54B
PE 18
Debt $8.01B
Cash $1.02B
EV $53.53B
FCF $2.51B

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$2.55B
EBIT	$3.21B
ROE	261%
ROA	19%
FCF	$2.51B
Equity	$975.00M
Growth Stability	78%
PE	18.29
PEG	-9.5
PB	47.73
P/FCF	18.52
P/S	2.32
Price/Cash	0.02
Debt/Equity	8.21
Debt/FCF	3.19
Net Margins	13%
Gross Margins	36%
Op. Margins	16%
Earnings CAGR	1%
Sales Growth YoY	-1%
Sales Growth QoQ	-0%
Sales CAGR	2%
FCF CAGR	2%
Equity CAGR	17%
Earnings Stability	0.04
Earnings Growth YoY	-13%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-51%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	-2%
Sales CAGR 5Y	2%
FCF CAGR 5Y	7%
Equity CAGR 5Y	34%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	0%
Sales CAGR 3Y	0%
FCF CAGR 3Y	22%
Equity CAGR 3Y	26%
Market Cap	$46.54B
Revenue	$20.06B
Dividend Yield	3%
Payout Ratio	64%
Assets	$16.55B
Total Debt	$8.01B
Cash	$1.02B
Shares Outstanding	331.8M
EV	53.53B
Earnings Score	6%
Safety Score	72%
Working Capital	-1.42B
Current Ratio	0.8
Gross Profit	$7.18B
Shares Growth 3y	-0%
Equity Growth QoQ	-32%
Equity Growth YoY	-9%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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With around half of sales from personal care and another third from tissue products, Kimberly-Clark sits as a leading manufacturer of tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle. The firm also operates K-C Professional, which partners with businesses to provide safety and sanitary products for the workplace. Kimberly-Clark generates just over of half its sales in North America and more than 10% in Europe, with the rest primarily concentrated in Asia and Latin America.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Kimberly Clark Corp (KMB) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2022
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Kimberly Clark Corp compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Kimberly Clark Corp compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 1%

Stability 4%

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Kimberly Clark Corp Discounted Cash Flow

Fully customizable DCF calculator online for Kimberly Clark Corp.

Years

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= $28B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$2.5B	$2.6B	$2.6B	$2.6B	$2.7B	$2.7B	$2.8B	$2.8B	$2.9B	$2.9B	$3B	$30B
DCF		$2.3B	$2.1B	$2B	$1.8B	$1.7B	$1.6B	$1.5B	$1.3B	$1.2B	$1.1B	$11B
Value	$28B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	5%	12%	12%	8%	12%	12%	9%	10%	9%	13%	13%
ROA	-	23%	22%	15%	20%	19%	14%	15%	14%	19%	19%
ROE	-	2K%	258%	-3K%	1K%	271%	246%	276%	165%	261%	261%

Good Net Margins (12.69%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	3.47	3.65	3.9	5.57	3.43	5.16	4.79	3.08	3.19	3.19
Debt over Equity	209.33	72.95	8.88	-177.57	43.85	9.93	12.06	12.7	8	8.21	8.21
Growth Stability	-	-	-	78%	100%	100%	92%	92%	87%	100%	78%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (3.19)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Bad Debt/Equity ratio (8.21)

The company is overleveraged and has a bad balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (78%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-2%	1%	1%	-0%	4%	2%	4%	1%	-2%	2%
Earnings YoY growth	-	114%	5%	-38%	53%	9%	-23%	7%	-9%	44%	-2%
Equity YoY growth	-	192%	654%	-105%	-522%	348%	-15%	-5%	53%	-9%	34%
FCF YoY growth	-	97%	-13%	-2%	-27%	65%	-31%	8%	49%	-9%	7%