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

Kimberly Clark's (KMB) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 23.94% in Q1 2026, up 42.0% year-on-year from 16.86% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 23.85% in Q4 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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate rose 42.0% year-over-year to 23.94% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 28.99%, a 1077.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 29.19%, up 1091.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was little changed at 23.94% in Q1 2026 per KMB's latest filing, from 23.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 45.42% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 800.0% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 22.49% (2023), against an average of 25.69%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate plunged 82182 bps in 2023 and surged 81302 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 22.46% in 2022, then increased by 1 bps to 22.61% in 2023, then tumbled 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KMB Tax Rate figures stand at 23.94% (Q1 2026), 23.85% (Q4 2025), and 45.42% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 20.83%
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - -27.77%
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 23.65%
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 29.46%
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 23.94%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 50.28%
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 20.65%
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 25.39%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -31.60%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 18.44%

Historic Data

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