Growth Metrics

Kimberly Clark (KMB) Return on Capital Employed: 2009-2024

Historic Return on Capital Employed for Kimberly Clark (KMB) over the last 16 years, with Dec 2024 value amounting to 0.32%.

  • Kimberly Clark's Return on Capital Employed fell 1.00% to 0.30% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.30%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 1.00%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.32% for FY2024, which is 10.00% up from last year.
  • Per Kimberly Clark's latest filing, its Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.32% for FY2024, which was up 47.77% from 0.22% recorded in FY2023.
  • In the past 5 years, Kimberly Clark's Return on Capital Employed registered a high of 0.32% during FY2024, and its lowest value of 0.15% during FY2021.
  • Its 3-year average for Return on Capital Employed is 0.23%, with a median of 0.22% in 2023.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first declined by 6bps in 2021, then climbed by 10bps in 2024.
  • Yearly analysis of 5 years shows Kimberly Clark's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.21% in 2020, then dropped by 6bps to 0.15% in 2021, then rose by 1bps to 0.16% in 2022, then rose by 6bps to 0.22% in 2023, then rose by 10bps to 0.32% in 2024.