Kimberly-Clark Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Kimberly-Clark ratio analysis
Kimberly-Clark earned a net margin of 12.3% in FY 2025, down from 15.1% a year earlier. Gross margin was 36.0% compared with a median of 35.6% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 134.6%, meaning Kimberly-Clark generated 1.35 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity, an unusually high figure that often reflects a small equity base after share buybacks.
Debt-to-equity stood at 4.77 versus 8.83 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.75. At the end of FY 2025, KMB traded at 16.7 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 16.7 to 27.8, with a median of 20.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Kimberly-Clark financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 16.71 | 17.19 | 23.32 | 23.73 | 26.71 | 19.63 | 21.76 | 27.76 | 18.85 | 19.05 |
| Price / sales | 2.05 | 2.59 | 2.39 | 2.27 | 2.48 | 2.40 | 2.53 | 2.11 | 2.33 | 2.24 |
| Price / book | 22.41 | 51.84 | 44.86 | 83.73 | 93.79 | 73.38 | — | — | 48.37 | — |
| Gross margin | 36.0% | 37.4% | 36.6% | 30.8% | 30.8% | 35.6% | 32.7% | 30.3% | 35.9% | 36.6% |
| Operating margin | 14.3% | 16.1% | 11.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% | 16.9% | 16.2% | 12.1% | 18.3% | 18.5% |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 15.1% | 10.3% | 9.6% | 9.3% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 7.6% | 12.4% | 11.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 10.0% | 15.0% | 16.2% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 13.1% | 8.3% | 11.3% | 11.7% | 13.5% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 134.6% | 303.0% | 192.8% | 353.6% | 352.9% | 375.7% | — | — | 258.3% | — |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 11.8% | 15.4% | 10.2% | 10.8% | 10.2% | 13.4% | 14.1% | 9.7% | 15.0% | 14.8% |
| Debt / equity | 4.77 | 8.83 | 8.73 | 15.40 | 16.68 | 13.36 | — | — | 8.42 | — |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.89 | 0.87 |
| Revenue growth | -2.1% | -2.0% | -15.0% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 3.7% | -0.2% | 0.8% | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| EPS growth | -19.6% | 44.9% | -8.9% | 6.9% | -22.1% | 10.1% | 54.8% | -37.0% | 6.8% | 116.2% |