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

Kimberly Clark's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 18.09% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 252.0% year-over-year to 18.09%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 14.94% (down 89.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 14.29%, down 177.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 18.09% for Q1 2026 at Kimberly Clark, up from 12.43% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 24.76% in Q3 2024 to a low of 2.2% in Q2 2023.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 14.31% across 5 years, with a median of 14.31% in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Margin plunged 1006 bps in 2023, then surged 1054 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 14.31% in 2022, then gained by 5 bps to 15.07% in 2023, then plunged by 32 bps to 10.23% in 2024, then grew by 21 bps to 12.43% in 2025, then jumped by 46 bps to 18.09% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 18.09% (Q1 2026), 12.43% (Q4 2025), and 14.96% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.