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Kimberly Clark (KMB) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Kimberly Clark has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.25% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.25% for Q4 2025, down 4.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.25% (down 4.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.24%, down 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.25% at Kimberly Clark, up from 0.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for KMB hit a ceiling of 0.3% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 0.12% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.24% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.23%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: dropped -10bps in 2021 and later grew 17bps in 2024.
  • Kimberly Clark's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.15% in 2021, then rose by 4bps to 0.16% in 2022, then dropped by -24bps to 0.12% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 140bps to 0.29% in 2024, then dropped by -12bps to 0.25% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.25% (Q4 2025), 0.25% (Q3 2025), and 0.3% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.