What does the company do?
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, incorporated in 1928, is a global health and hygiene company focused on product innovation and building its personal care, consumer tissue, K-C Professional and Other and health care brands. The Company is principally engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of a range of health and hygiene products worldwide. The Company operates in four segments: Personal Care; Consumer Tissue; K-C Professional & Other; and Health Care. In April 2009, the Company announced that it acquired Jackson Products, Inc., a provider of welding safety products, personal protective equipment and work zone safety products. In October 2009, the Company acquired Baylis Medical Company's pain management business, which includes a number of minimally invasive radio-frequency pain management products.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Kimberly-Clark one-year sales: 18.73 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Personal Products group: -64.19% - Kimberly-Clark one-year income: 1.81 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Personal Products group: -74.78%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 18.73 Bil | 52.30 Bil | | Income | 1.81 Bil | 7.18 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Kimberly-Clark one-year sales growth: -4.60%.
Difference from the average for the Personal Products group: -0.30 pct. pts. - Kimberly-Clark one-year income growth: 8.80%.
Difference from the average for the Personal Products group: -1.00 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -4.60% | -4.30% | | Income Growth | 8.80% | 9.80% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Kimberly-Clark one-year net profit margin: 9.6%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 0.1 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Personal Products group: -3.0 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 9.6% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 9.5% | | Industry | 12.6% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Kimberly-Clark debt/equity ratio: 1.09.
Difference from the average for the Personal Products group: 41.56%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 1.09 | 0.77 |
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