Kimberly Clark Corp

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

Earnings Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $44.93B
PE 17
Debt $7.45B
Cash $1.11B
EV $51.27B
FCF $2.90B

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$2.61B
EBIT	$3.33B
ROE	181%
ROA	19%
FCF	$2.90B
Equity	$1.44B
Growth Stability	78%
PE	17.22
PEG	-4.85
PB	31.12
P/FCF	15.48
P/S	2.24
Price/Cash	0.02
Debt/Equity	5.16
Debt/FCF	2.57
Net Margins	14%
Gross Margins	36%
Op. Margins	17%
Earnings CAGR	2%
Sales Growth YoY	-4%
Sales Growth QoQ	-2%
Sales CAGR	1%
FCF CAGR	2%
Equity CAGR	14%
Earnings Stability	0.07
Earnings Growth YoY	53%
Earnings Growth QoQ	67%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	-4%
Sales CAGR 5Y	2%
FCF CAGR 5Y	8%
Equity CAGR 5Y	41%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	1%
Sales CAGR 3Y	1%
FCF CAGR 3Y	26%
Equity CAGR 3Y	28%
Market Cap	$44.93B
Revenue	$20.10B
Dividend Yield	4%
Payout Ratio	62%
Assets	$17.17B
Total Debt	$7.45B
Cash	$1.11B
Shares Outstanding	333.5M
EV	51.27B
Earnings Score	6%
Safety Score	76%
Working Capital	-1.22B
Current Ratio	0.83
Gross Profit	$7.24B
Shares Growth 3y	-0%
Equity Growth QoQ	13%
Equity Growth YoY	72%

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-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 2%

Stability 7%

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Kimberly Clark Corp Discounted Cash Flow

Fully customizable DCF calculator online for Kimberly Clark Corp.

Years

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= $34B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$2.9B	$3B	$3B	$3.1B	$3.2B	$3.3B	$3.3B	$3.4B	$3.5B	$3.6B	$3.6B	$36B
DCF		$2.7B	$2.5B	$2.3B	$2.2B	$2B	$1.9B	$1.7B	$1.6B	$1.5B	$1.4B	$14B
Value	$34B

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	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	TTM
Net Margins	8%	5%	12%	12%	8%	12%	12%	9%	10%	9%	14%
ROA	-	11%	23%	22%	15%	20%	19%	14%	15%	14%	19%
ROE	-	3K%	2K%	258%	-3K%	1K%	271%	246%	276%	165%	181%

Good Net Margins (13.87%)

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	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	6.7	3.47	3.65	3.9	5.57	3.43	5.16	4.79	3.08	2.57
Debt over Equity	7.51	209.33	72.95	8.88	-177.57	43.85	9.93	12.06	12.7	8	5.16
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	78%	100%	100%	92%	92%	87%	78%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (2.57)

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 (5.16)

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	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-6%	-2%	1%	1%	-0%	4%	2%	4%	1%	2%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-34%	114%	5%	-38%	53%	9%	-23%	7%	-9%	-4%
Equity YoY growth	-	-96%	192%	654%	-105%	-522%	348%	-15%	-5%	53%	41%
FCF YoY growth	-	-31%	97%	-13%	-2%	-27%	65%	-31%	8%	49%	8%