Kimberly Clark (KMB) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Kimberly Clark (KMB) recorded quarterly Tax Rate of 23.94% in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 23.85% in Q4 2025, and up 42.0% on a YoY basis from 16.86% in Q1 2025.

Kimberly Clark (KMB) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kimberly Clark's Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 23.94% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 42.0% year-over-year to 23.94%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 28.99% (up 1077.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 29.19%, up 1091.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 23.94% for Q1 2026 at Kimberly Clark, roughly flat from 23.85% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 45.42% in Q3 2025 to a low of 800.0% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 25.69% across 5 years, with a median of 22.49% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Tax Rate plunged 82182 bps in 2023, then soared 81302 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 22.46% in 2022, then increased by 1 bps to 22.61% in 2023, then sank by 41 bps to 13.35% in 2024, then jumped by 79 bps to 23.85% in 2025, then gained by 0 bps to 23.94% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 23.94% (Q1 2026), 23.85% (Q4 2025), and 45.42% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 611.49 Bn 611.46 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 338.86 Bn 326.78 Bn 10.51 Bn 20.83%
3 Unilever 142.58 Bn 132.10 Bn - -
4 Colgate Palmolive 69.08 Bn 68.08 Bn 3.23 Bn 23.65%
5 Kenvue 33.68 Bn 33.57 Bn 2.30 Bn 29.46%
6 Kimberly Clark 32.46 Bn 32.04 Bn 1.53 Bn 23.94%
7 Estee Lauder Companies 30.67 Bn 27.54 Bn 2.84 Bn 50.28%
8 Church & Dwight 22.55 Bn 22.05 Bn 681.40 Mn 20.65%
9 Clorox 11.54 Bn 10.51 Bn 722.00 Mn 25.39%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.05 Bn 2.76 Bn 326.45 Mn 18.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.94%
Mar 31, 2026 23.94%
Dec 31, 2025 23.85%
Dec 31, 2025 23.85%
Sep 30, 2025 45.42%
Sep 30, 2025 45.42%
Jun 30, 2025 22.61%
Jun 30, 2025 22.61%
Mar 31, 2025 23.52%
Mar 31, 2025 23.52%
Dec 31, 2024 13.35%
Dec 31, 2024 13.35%
Sep 30, 2024 19.44%
Sep 30, 2024 19.44%
Jun 30, 2024 13.02%
Jun 30, 2024 13.02%
Mar 31, 2024 23.56%
Mar 31, 2024 23.56%
Dec 31, 2023 22.61%
Dec 31, 2023 22.61%