Kimberly Clark (KMB) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kimberly Clark's (KMB) quarterly Net Margin came in at 2.43% in Q1 2026, down 11.0% year-on-year from 2.73% in Q1 2025, and down 16.82% quarter-over-quarter from 2.92% in Q4 2025.

Kimberly Clark (KMB) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kimberly Clark's Net Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.43% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Net Margin fell 11.0% year-over-year to 2.43% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 2.4%, a 6.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.43%, up 14.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin declined to 2.43% in Q1 2026 per KMB's latest filing, from 2.92% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 10.54% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.71% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 2.65% (2025), against an average of 5.21%.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Margin jumped 260 bps in 2022 and plunged 832 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Net Margin stood at 9.67% in 2022, then slipped by 5 bps to 9.14% in 2023, then slumped by 73 bps to 2.51% in 2024, then increased by 16 bps to 2.92% in 2025, then dropped by 17 bps to 2.43% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KMB Net Margin figures stand at 2.43% (Q1 2026), 2.92% (Q4 2025), and 2.65% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 347.41 Bn 335.11 Bn 10.51 Bn 18.60%
2 Unilever 134.76 Bn 124.28 Bn - 49.24%
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.93 Bn 72.60 Bn 3.23 Bn 12.79%
4 Kenvue 37.29 Bn 37.18 Bn 2.30 Bn 12.13%
5 Kimberly Clark 37.00 Bn 36.46 Bn 1.53 Bn 2.43%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.66 Bn 26.54 Bn 2.84 Bn 2.40%
7 Church & Dwight 23.47 Bn 22.96 Bn 681.40 Mn 14.72%
8 Clorox 11.80 Bn 10.61 Bn 722.00 Mn 11.44%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.31 Bn 6.17 Bn 153.20 Mn 0.58%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.67 Bn 4.38 Bn 326.45 Mn -10.99%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.43%
Dec 31, 2025 2.92%
Sep 30, 2025 2.65%
Jun 30, 2025 1.63%
Mar 31, 2025 2.54%
Dec 31, 2024 2.51%
Sep 30, 2024 2.22%
Jun 30, 2024 2.10%
Mar 31, 2024 2.36%
Dec 31, 2023 9.14%
Sep 30, 2023 10.54%
Jun 30, 2023 0.71%
Mar 31, 2023 10.23%
Dec 31, 2022 9.67%
Sep 30, 2022 8.73%
Jun 30, 2022 8.08%
Mar 31, 2022 10.04%
Dec 31, 2021 7.07%
Sep 30, 2021 9.16%
Jun 30, 2021 8.13%