KMB
KIMBERLY CLARK CORPEvidence as of 2026-09-03Overview · KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The company's Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, and other related…
Management team
- Ms. Sandra R. A. Karrmann · Senior VP & Chief People OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Grant B. McGee · Senior VP, General Counsel & Corporate SecretaryFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Christopher M. Jakubik C.F.A. · Investor Relations ContactFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Russell C. Torres · Group President of North AmericaFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
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+0.1 on a −2 to +2 scale.
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Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The surviving evidence leaves a mixed read ( +0.1 of a possible +2; confidence high). Reported revenues were $ 4,840,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-04-15), $ 4,053,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-21), $ 4,163,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-07-25) and $ 4,189,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-28). Gross profit and operating income show similar, mixed movement: gross profit of $ 1,733,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025, $ 1,509,000,000 (alternate $ 1,534,000,000) in fiscal Q1 2026, $ 1,456,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 and $ 1,603,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026; operating income of $ 769,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025, $ 631,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026, $ 592,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 and $ 633,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026.
Net income and share counts add texture: net income was $ 567,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025, $ 665,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026, $ 509,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 and $ 345,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026. Common shares outstanding have been roughly stable in the ~ 331.9–333.3 million range (point-in-time 331,922,371 as of 2026-01-30; weighted-average diluted ~ 333,300,000 across filings; point-in-time 332,579,038 as of 2026-07-28). Valuation metrics in the packet show trailing twelve-month FCF of $ 1,100,000,000 (FCF per share $ 3.3003), price-to-FCF of 33.11, trailing twelve-month EPS of $ 5.88 (P/E 18.59), enterprise value $ 42,793,563,063, market cap $ 36,347,563,063 and EV/EBITDA 12.65. The model in the packet reports an implied FCF growth rate of 0.2174 under its stated discount and terminal assumptions.
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Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenues were 4,840,000,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2025 (2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31, 3mo) and 4,053,000,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo), while revenues for the fiscal Q2 periods were 4,163,000,000 USD in Q2 2025 (2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30, 3mo), 4,163,000,000 USD (alternate report) in the same Q2 2025 filing, and 4,189,000,000 USD in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0000055785-25-000039Gross profit was 1,733,000,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2025 (2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31, 3mo), 1,509,000,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) in one filing and 1,534,000,000 USD in the Q1 2026 filing that reports the quarter ended 2026-03-31, and gross profit for fiscal Q2 was 1,456,000,000 USD in Q2 2025 (2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30, 3mo) and 1,603,000,000 USD in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001628280-26-027800Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
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A Form 3 was filed on 2026-09-01 for this issuer under the 3 filed 1 September 2026.
3 filed 2026-09-01No other filings or parsed content were provided in the evidence set, so there is no provided text to support identification of added or materially reworded risk factors, management discussion of results, or the contents of the Form 3 beyond its existence and filing date.
3 filed 2026-09-01Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
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Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02T13:45:47.228469+00:00 the security appears as a holding in the ETF identified by symbol IVV.
ETF constituents · market dataThe recorded weight of the security in IVV at that snapshot is 0.06% of the fund.
ETF constituents · market dataReads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
The company announced that its CEO, President/COO and CFO will webcast their presentation at the Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference (published 2026-09-01).
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-01Coverage in finance outlets highlighted Kimberly‑Clark's focus on a science‑backed innovation pipeline and stronger value propositions as themes for potential future growth (published 2026-09-01).
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-01Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
No insider transactions on file in the trailing 180 days.
Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The model reports an implied free-cash-flow (FCF) growth rate of 0.2174 (21.74%) that today's price would justify under the stated discount and terminal assumptions.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeTrailing twelve-month free cash flow (FCF) is reported as $1,100,000,000 and FCF per share is $3.3003.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
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Several pieces of the record together paint a constructive operational and market-readiness picture. Revenue and gross-profit comparisons show a softer Q1 2026 versus Q1 2025 but a rebound in Q2 2026 (revenues up Q2 2026 vs Q2 2025; gross profit higher in Q2 2026), while operating income held roughly stable into Q2 2026 — signs of near-term margin resilience. Net income was higher in Q1 2026 versus Q1 2025, and share count has been stable, limiting dilution concerns. Market and institutional signals — participation in a major consumer-staples conference, coverage noting a science-backed innovation pipeline and resilience in core categories, plus new/added institutional positions and indexing exposure in IVV — jointly support a favorable read on the company’s strategic positioning and investor interest, even while some valuation metrics appear mixed.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
diversified0.29
20 surviving claims rest on 12 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 30% of them, and 100% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The surviving read rests on a moderate breadth of documentary sources but a nontrivial concentration of influence: nearly a third of claims trace to the single heaviest analyst and the desk’s internal challenge process did not eliminate any items. That combination lowers the independent weight this read can bear — the factual pieces (filings, reported metrics) are useful, but interpret higher-level inferences (valuation implications, narrative themes) with caution because analyst dependence and unanimous survival increase fragility.
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
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13 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
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Read by Mercer+0.2 to the score
1 document
SEC filing documents
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Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score
1 holdings record
Fund holdings
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Read by Ellis+0.0 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
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Read by Yatesnothing survived
1 computation
Valuation inputs
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Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
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1 record· 0 cited
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