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How Kimberly-Clark Corporation stacks up
KMB · against 52 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Growth
27/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #43 of 53 · scores higher than 17% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score3 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 53 reported | 0.7% | 3.5% | 33% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 44 reported | -19.7% | 7.6% | 19% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 53 reported | -1.1% | 3.5% | 21% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KMB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 503.8B HKD (≈$64.5B) | 94 | 73 | |
| 2 | 18.2B USD | 90 | 43 | |
| 3 | 148.0B DKK (≈$22.2B) | 88 | 56 | |
| 3 | 47.3B USD | 88 | 47 | |
| 5 | 2.19T INR (≈$26.3B) | 87 | 59 | |
| 40 | 3.43T INR (≈$41.2B) | 36 | 62 | |
| 41 | 20.0B USD | 33 | 39 | |
| 42 | 29.1B USD | 30 | 28 | |
| 43 | 22.1B GBP (≈$28.7B) | 27 | 46 | |
| 43 | 34.7B USD | 27 | 44 | |
| 45 | 29.9B EUR (≈$32.9B) | 24 | 49 | |
| 46 | 287.6B BRL (≈$51.8B) | 19 | 39 | |
| 46 | 188.5B SEK (≈$18.8B) | 19 | 53 | |
| 46 | 39.5B USD | 19 | 26 |
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