Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) · Peers
Kimberly-Clark against the 17 other companies here in its SEC industry, SIC 26xx (the wider group: its own four-digit code has fewer than five). Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 18, highest first.
Measure by measure
| Measure | KMB | Peer median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market value | $35.11B | median $960.81M | 1 of 17 |
| P/E | 18.0× | median 17.1× | 4 of 8 |
| Forward P/E | 14.4× | median 16.1× | 7 of 11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.7× | median 8.4× | 3 of 14 |
| P/S | 2.1× | median 0.4× | 2 of 17 |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | median 5.7% | 9 of 17 |
| Dividend yield | 4.8% | median 4.3% | 5 of 11 |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | median 17.9% | 1 of 18 |
| Operating margin | 15.2% | median 4.1% | 2 of 17 |
| Net margin | 11.8% | median -1.2% | 3 of 18 |
| ROIC | 25.9% | median 3.7% | 1 of 17 |
| ROE | 111.7% | median 2.8% | 1 of 16 |
| Revenue growth (4y, yearly) | -4.1% | median 2.9% | 16 of 17 |
| EPS growth (yearly) | 3.2% | median -0.4% | 3 of 7 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.8× | median 3.9× | 14 of 14 |
| Current ratio | 0.9× | median 1.5× | 17 of 18 |
| Stock pay / revenue | 0.8% | median 0.3% | 3 of 18 |
| Share count change | -1.1% | median 0.2% | 13 of 18 |
Green where Kimberly-Clark is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.
The peers, largest first
| Company | Market value | P/E | ROIC | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMBKimberly-Clark Corporation | $35.11B | P/E 18.0× | 25.9% | 5.0 |
| SWSmurfit Westrock plc | $21.59B | P/E 43.4× | 3.6% | 4.6 |
| PKGPackaging Corp of America | $21.03B | P/E 30.4× | 10.1% | 4.8 |
| IPInternational Paper | $18.03B | P/E – | – | 4.2 |
| AVYAvery Dennison Corp | $13.29B | P/E 18.8× | 16.1% | 5.2 |
| SONSonoco Products Co | $4.92B | P/E 4.8× | 10.0% | 5.5 |
| REYNReynolds Consumer Products Inc. | $4.81B | P/E 14.7× | 10.9% | 5.1 |
| GPKGraphic Packaging Holding Co | $2.54B | P/E 13.1× | 4.3% | 4.5 |
| SLVMSylvamo Corp | $1.30B | P/E 17.1× | 8.0% | 4.4 |
| MATVMativ Holdings, Inc. | $618.68M | P/E – | 3.8% | 4.9 |
| RYAMRayonier Advanced Materials | $472.83M | P/E – | -4.4% | 4.1 |
| MAGNMagnera Corp | $395.59M | P/E – | 1.9% | 5.4 |
| CLWClearwater Paper Corp | $311.22M | P/E – | -3.6% | 3.9 |
| PACKRanpak Holdings Corp. | $296.72M | P/E – | -1.1% | 5.1 |
| MERCMercer International Inc. | $12.73M | P/E – | -20.2% | 3.3 |
| DSSDSS, Inc. | $6.13M | P/E – | -41.4% | 3.6 |
| ITPIT Tech Packaging, Inc. | $2.32M | P/E – | -5.2% | 5.4 |
| SUZSuzano S.A. | – | P/E – | 6.5% | 4.3 |
The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.