Kimberly Clark (KMB) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Kimberly Clark's (KMB) Price to Earnings came in at 9.81 for Q3 2026, down 53.2% from 20.96 a year earlier and down 47.4% from the prior quarter.
Analysis
Kimberly Clark (KMB) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Kimberly Clark's Price to Earnings stood at 16.57, down 3.0% from FY2024.
- Annual Price to Earnings has declined for four consecutive years.
- In prior years, Kimberly Clark's Price to Earnings was 17.08 in FY2024 (-26.4%), 23.21 in FY2023 (-2.0%), 23.69 in FY2022 (-10.8%) and 26.55 in FY2021 (+36.7%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Price to Earnings in data going back to Q1 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 14.4%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings in the past five years was Q4 2021, with growth of 36.7%; the weakest was Q3 2026, with a decline of 53.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Earnings for the three prior quarters was 18.67 (Q2 2026), 15.11 (Q1 2026) and 16.57 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 393.58 Bn | 345.38 Bn | 11.60 Bn |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 79.23 Bn | 74.06 Bn | 3.23 Bn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 40.61 Bn | 27.71 Bn | 2.81 Bn |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.40 Bn | 32.48 Bn | 1.44 Bn |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.67 Bn | 25.06 Bn | 749.40 Mn |
| 7 | Clorox | 13.24 Bn | 11.66 Bn | 770.00 Mn |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.97 Bn | 5.79 Bn | 370.22 Mn |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.22 Bn | 4.91 Bn | 236.00 Mn |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.32 Bn | 2.11 Bn | 692.00 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.81 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.67 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.11 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.57 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.96 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 17.61 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.15 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.08 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.20 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 20.36 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.61 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 23.21 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 23.18 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 28.44 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 22.91 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 23.69 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 21.29 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 25.55 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 23.68 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 26.55 |
API Access
Kimberly Clark Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=KMB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "KMB", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=KMB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();