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.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 252.0% year-over-year to 18.09% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 14.94%, a 89.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 14.29%, down 177.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin rose to 18.09% in Q1 2026 per KMB's latest filing, from 12.43% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 24.76% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 2.22% in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 14.34% (2022), against an average of 14.31%.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin tumbled 996 bps in 2023 and soared 1052 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 14.34% in 2022, then grew by 5 bps to 15.07% in 2023, then slumped 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.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest KMB Operating Margin figures stand at 18.09% (Q1 2026), 12.43% (Q4 2025), and 14.96% (Q3 2025).