How Kimberly-Clark Corporation stacks up

KMB · against 147 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Growth

27/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #106 of 148 · scores higher than 28% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score

17 peers with a growth score of 20–29, including KMB · Click a bar to see the companies

Why growth scores 27?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

Mainly because of its 3-year revenue growth and earnings per share growth, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.

slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 74% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: -1.1% vs peer median 3.7%
slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 72% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -19.7% vs peer median 1.5%
Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 0.7% vs peer median 2.8%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = KMB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	KMB	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Revenue growthHigher is better · 152 reported	0.7%	4.1%	30%	33%
Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 109 reported	-19.7%	4.5%	28%	33%
3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 147 reported	-1.1%	3.5%	24%	33%

Ranking by growth score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around KMB

Rank	Company	Market cap	Growth	Overall
1	TAL Education GroupTAL · US-listed	5.5B USD	100	84
2	Gaotu Techedu Inc.GOTU · US-listed	536M USD	99	39
3	Freshpet, Inc.FRPT · US-listed	3.3B USD	98	71
3	Mama's Creations, Inc.MAMA · US-listed	607M USD	98	67
5	The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO · US-listed	3.5B USD	97	73
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102	The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC · US-listed	29.1B USD	30	28
104	Herbalife Ltd.HLF · US-listed	1.5B USD	28	51
104	Altria Group, Inc.MO · US-listed	128.5B USD	28	46
106	Mission Produce, Inc.AVO · US-listed	963M USD	27	29
106	Kimberly-Clark CorporationKMB · US-listed	34.7B USD	27	44
108	Krispy Kreme, Inc.DNUT · US-listed	567M USD	26	16
108	Ingles Markets, IncorporatedIMKTA · US-listed	1.6B USD	26	53
108	Yesway, Inc.YSWY · US-listed	784M USD	26	40
111	Brown-Forman CorporationBF-A · US-listed	13.7B USD	25	59

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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