Kimberly-Clark (KMB)

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products · S&P 500
$96.77 +1.43% on the day Market cap $31.9B 52-week range $92.42 to $123.09 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
5% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $31.9B, Kimberly-Clark's free cash flow of $1.6B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 5% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Kimberly-Clark's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price4.7% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-4.4% a year
Revenue, same period-1.2% a year
Price to free cash flow19.5x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from KMB's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability7
Growth2
Financial health1
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)18.6x
P/E (forward)13.1x
Price / free cash flow19.5x
EV / EBITDA12.2x
Price / sales1.93x
Price / book18.1x
Revenue growth+0.6%
Operating margin15.2%
Net margin11.8%
Return on equity111.7%
Dividend yield5.3%
Debt / equity9.53x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Kimberly-Clark's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$19.4B$20.2B$17.1B$16.8B$16.4B
Net income$1.8B$1.9B$1.8B$2.5B$2.0B
Free cash flow$1.7B$1.9B$2.8B$2.5B$1.6B
EPS (diluted)—————
Operating margin13.2%13.3%11.2%16.1%14.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

NA$10.8B65%
IPC$5.7B35%

Superinvestors who own KMB

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 8 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $189M1.5%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $55M0.02%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $46M0.11%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $5M0.00%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
Added $5M0.34%Q2 2026
Murray Stahl
Horizon Kinetics LLC
New position $838,2040.01%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Added $538,7510.00%Q2 2026
Mark Boyar
Boyar Asset Management
Held $236,0050.14%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Kimberly-Clark's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Feb 17, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$107.52—
Feb 17, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$107.52—
Jan 21, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$100.02—
Jan 21, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$100.02—
Jan 13, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$98.73—
Jan 13, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$98.73—
Nov 3, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$102.27—
Nov 3, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$102.27—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$122.33—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$122.33—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Kimberly-Clark's stock price imply?

At a market value of $31.9B, Kimberly-Clark would need its free cash flow to grow about 5% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -4% a year.

Are Kimberly-Clark insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of KMB in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Kimberly-Clark?

8 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold KMB in their latest 13F, including Ric Dillon, Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.