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Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)

Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | Dallas, United States | NasdaqGS
109.55 USD -0.43 (-0.391%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 110.00 +0.45 (0.411%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:57 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:16 a.m. EDT

Kimberly-Clark presents a classic value trap scenario wrapped in a defensive sector. While the 4.7% yield is tempting, the company is paying out more than it earns in earnings (100%+ payout ratio), signaling potential dividend risk if margins compress further. The recent earnings miss of 32% contrasts sharply with the forward P/E compression, creating a disconnect between current performance and future expectations. Technically, the stock is holding above its 200-day average, offering a slight buffer, but the heavy put option interest at lower strikes suggests institutional hedging against further downside. Investors seeking income must weigh the high yield against the deteriorating earnings trajectory and elevated debt load.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.018444
AutoARIMA0.019094
AutoETS0.019094
AutoTheta0.028883

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 57%
H-stat 0.27
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.252
Excess Kurtosis -0.02
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-03
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-04
Debt to Equity Ratio 348.933
Revenue per Share 49.946
Market Cap 36,364,066,816
Trailing P/E 21.74
Forward P/E 14.63
Beta 0.28
Profit Margins 11.79%
Website https://www.kimberly-clark.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:16 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome between 100 and 117. Call buyers are establishing walls at 116 and 117, while put writers are heavily defending the 100 to 105 zone. Implied volatility spikes significantly at distant strikes, suggesting a fear of a sharp move away from the current consolidation.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.29% 4.71% 4.01% 3.82%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-05 1.280000 1.292407
2026-03-06 1.280000 1.223943
2025-12-05 1.260000 1.223776
2025-09-05 1.260000 0.970052
2025-06-06 1.260000 0.943467
2025-03-07 1.260000 0.870226
2024-12-06 1.220000 0.905515
2024-09-06 1.220000 0.830440
2024-06-07 1.220000 0.907198
2024-03-07 1.220000 0.969023
2023-12-07 1.180000 0.971273
2023-09-07 1.180000 0.928184
2023-06-08 1.180000 0.875891
2023-03-09 1.180000 0.962401
2022-12-08 1.160000 0.848201
2022-09-08 1.160000 0.924303
2022-06-09 1.160000 0.910089
2022-03-03 1.160000 0.895407
2021-12-09 1.140000 0.840646
2021-09-09 1.140000 0.827286
2021-06-03 1.140000 0.879630
2021-03-04 1.140000 0.885919
2020-12-03 1.070000 0.776375
2020-09-03 1.070000 0.702791
2020-06-04 1.070000 0.776939
2020-03-05 1.070000 0.746633
2019-12-05 1.030000 0.754468
2019-09-05 1.030000 0.738457
2019-06-06 1.030000 0.771074
2019-03-07 1.030000 0.894252
2018-12-06 1.000000 0.885661
2018-09-06 1.000000 0.861698
2018-06-07 1.000000 0.982125
2018-03-08 1.000000 0.892459
2017-12-07 0.970000 0.809953
2017-09-07 0.970000 0.810969
2017-06-07 0.970000 0.745008
2017-03-08 0.970000 0.732905
2016-12-07 0.920000 0.804618
2016-09-07 0.920000 0.723953
2016-06-08 0.920000 0.708892
2016-03-02 0.920000 0.699248
2015-12-02 0.880000 0.734742
2015-09-02 0.880000 0.839775
2015-06-03 0.880000 0.814966
2015-03-04 0.880000 0.812033
2014-12-03 0.840000 0.732345
2014-09-03 0.805369 0.781032
2014-06-04 0.805369 0.754310
2014-03-05 0.805369 0.773196
2013-12-04 0.776606 0.777351
2013-09-04 0.776606 0.875770
2013-06-05 0.776606 0.846307
2013-03-06 0.776606 0.855875
2012-12-05 0.709492 0.872230
2012-09-05 0.709492 0.895884
2012-06-06 0.709492 0.922348
2012-03-07 0.709492 1.035834
2011-12-07 0.671141 0.991221
2011-09-07 0.671141 1.022196
2011-06-08 0.671141 1.069355
2011-03-02 0.671141 1.086113
2010-12-08 0.632790 1.065719
2010-09-08 0.632790 0.998789
2010-06-02 0.632790 1.080196
2010-03-03 0.632790 1.099633
2009-12-02 0.575264 0.898339
2009-09-02 0.575264 1.029160
2009-06-03 0.575264 1.132290
2009-03-04 0.575264 1.301519
2008-12-03 0.556088 1.033683
2008-09-03 0.556088 0.932625
2008-06-04 0.556088 0.919176
2008-03-05 0.556088 0.899643
2007-12-05 0.508150 0.760948
2007-09-05 0.508150 0.776216
2007-06-06 0.508150 0.752735
2007-03-07 0.508150 0.790220
2006-12-06 0.469799 0.727327
2006-09-06 0.469799 0.767905
2006-06-07 0.469799 0.822148
2006-03-08 0.469799 0.831919
2005-12-07 0.431448 0.772268
2005-09-07 0.431448 0.724872
2005-06-08 0.431448 0.693375
2005-03-02 0.431448 0.682853
2004-12-08 0.383509 0.637958
2004-12-01 1.025887 1.683979
2004-09-08 0.383509 0.593296
2004-06-02 0.383509 0.610221
2004-03-03 0.383509 0.620636
2003-12-03 0.325983 0.606061
2003-09-03 0.325983 0.651966
2003-06-04 0.325983 0.649351
2003-03-05 0.325983 0.765766
2002-12-04 0.287632 0.586511
2002-09-04 0.287632 0.507185
2002-06-05 0.287632 0.459559
2002-03-06 0.287632 0.475285
2001-12-05 0.268456 0.481513
2001-09-05 0.268456 0.431832
2001-06-06 0.268456 0.466433
2001-03-07 0.268456 0.395815
2000-12-06 0.258869 0.399704
2000-09-06 0.258869 0.460555
2000-06-07 0.258869 0.460065
2000-03-08 0.258869 0.551021
1999-12-08 0.249281 0.401545
1999-09-08 0.249281 0.467416
1999-06-02 0.249281 0.435147
1999-03-03 0.249281 0.545932
1998-12-02 0.239693 0.465657
1998-09-02 0.239693 0.657894
1998-06-03 0.239693 0.505050
1998-03-04 0.239693 0.437158
1997-12-03 0.230105 0.459879
1997-09-03 0.230105 0.503936
1997-06-04 0.230105 0.470587
1997-03-05 0.230105 0.442906
1996-12-04 0.220518 0.486130
1996-09-04 0.220518 0.585988
1996-06-05 0.220518 0.606261
1996-03-06 0.220518 0.590691
1995-12-06 0.215724 0.601002
1995-09-06 0.215724 0.696325
1995-06-06 0.215724 0.769231
1995-03-06 0.215724 0.878049
1994-12-05 0.210930 0.880000
1994-09-02 0.210930 0.760259
1994-06-06 0.210930 0.780488
1994-02-28 0.210930 0.796380
1993-12-06 0.206136 0.828915
1993-09-03 0.206136 0.882051
1993-05-28 0.207095 0.924065
1993-03-01 0.196548 0.745453
1992-11-30 0.196548 0.677685
1992-08-31 0.196548 0.750570
1992-06-01 0.196548 0.713042
1992-03-02 0.196548 0.790360
1991-12-02 0.196548 0.896173
1991-08-30 0.177373 0.768831
1991-06-03 0.177373 0.773856
1991-03-04 0.177373 0.856730
1990-12-03 0.162991 0.852663
1990-08-31 0.162991 0.918917
1990-06-04 0.162991 0.969695
1990-03-05 0.162991 1.068760
1989-12-04 0.155801 0.878381
1989-09-01 0.155801 0.938631
1989-06-05 0.155801 1.005805
1989-03-06 0.155801 1.063398
1988-12-05 0.095877 0.653059
1988-09-02 0.095877 0.695650
1988-06-06 0.095877 0.740739
1988-02-29 0.095877 0.706400
1987-11-30 0.086290 0.718208
1987-08-31 0.086290 0.615388
1987-06-01 0.086290 0.666670
1987-03-02 0.086290 0.670551
1986-12-01 0.074305 0.730487
1986-08-29 0.074305 0.723033
1986-06-02 0.074305 0.708572
1986-03-03 0.074305 0.781103
1985-12-02 0.069511 0.857671
1985-08-30 0.069511 0.918812
1985-06-03 0.069511 1.002159
1985-03-04 0.069511 1.174683
Additional Data
dividendRate 5.12
dividendYield 4.66
exDividendDate 2026-09-04
trailingAnnualDividendRate 5.08
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.046190213
lastDividendValue 1.28
lastDividendDate 2026-06-05
dividendDate 2026-10-02

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.1463831
Address1 PO Box 619100
All Time High 160.16
All Time Low 2.262105
Ask 109.6
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 2.4 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,807,850
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,080,333
Average Volume 4,080,333
Average Volume10Days 2,807,850
Beta 0.276
Bid 109.56
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 5
Book Value 5.262
City Dallas
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 109.55
Current Ratio 0.909
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 111.375
Day Low 109.52
Debt To Equity 348.933
Display Name Kimberly-Clark
Dividend Date 1,790,899,200
Dividend Rate 5.12
Dividend Yield 4.66
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,844,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,844,800
Earnings Growth -0.323
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.322
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,709,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,709,000
Ebitda 3,480,999,936
Ebitda Margins 0.20993
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.106
Enterprise To Revenue 2.541
Enterprise Value 42,141,032,448
Eps Current Year 7.45116
Eps Forward 7.48769
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.04
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,480,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 109.2558
Fifty Day Average Change 0.2942047
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0026928063
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -14.63831
Fifty Two Week High 131.53
Fifty Two Week High Change -21.979996
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.16711013
Fifty Two Week Low 92.42
Fifty Two Week Low Change 17.130005
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.18534955
Fifty Two Week Range 92.42 - 131.53
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.75
Float Shares 331,315,238
Forward Eps 7.48769
Forward P E 14.630681
Free Cashflow 941,124,992
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 36,000
Fullday Change -0.43
Fullday Change Percent -0.39098
Fullday Price 110.0
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.37612998
Gross Profits 6,237,000,192
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0070700003
Held Percent Institutions 0.99277997
Implied Shares Outstanding 331,940,357
Industry Household & Personal Products
Industry Disp Household & Personal Products
Industry Key household-personal-products
Ir Website http://www.kimberly-clark.com/investors.aspx
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,617,600
Last Dividend Value 1.28
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,414,972,800
Last Split Factor 1,043:1000
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 36,364,066,816
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_283857
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,684,999,936
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 36,577,042,599
Number Of Analyst Opinions 15
Open 110.95
Operating Cashflow 3,332,999,936
Operating Margins 0.19002001
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 1.0040001
Peg Ratio 2.32
Phone 972 281 1200
Post Market Change 0.44999695
Post Market Change Percent 0.41076854
Post Market Price 110.0
Post Market Time 1,787,961,463
Previous Close 109.98
Price Eps Current Year 14.702409
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 20.81908
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.1929843
Profit Margins 0.1179
Quick Ratio 0.403
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.4375
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.43
Regular Market Change Percent -0.39098
Regular Market Day High 111.375
Regular Market Day Low 109.52
Regular Market Day Range 109.52 - 111.375
Regular Market Open 110.95
Regular Market Previous Close 109.98
Regular Market Price 109.55
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 2,433,377
Return On Assets 0.10195
Return On Equity 1.04913
Revenue Growth 0.006
Revenue Per Share 49.946
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 331,940,357
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1338
Shares Short 44,499,761
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 43,225,858
Short Name Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.1528
Short Ratio 12.89
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol KMB
Target High Price 162.0
Target Low Price 90.0
Target Mean Price 118.6
Target Median Price 115.0
Total Cash 956,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.875
Total Debt 6,538,999,808
Total Revenue 16,581,999,616
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 5.08
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.046190213
Trailing Eps 5.04
Trailing P E 21.736113
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.3016
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 103.1181
Two Hundred Day Average Change 6.4319
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06237411
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,433,377
Website https://www.kimberly-clark.com
Zip 75,261-9100