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How Kimberly-Clark Corporation stacks up
KMB · against 806 other Consumer Defensive companies
Growth
27/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #586 of 807 · scores higher than 27% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score80 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 · 813 reported | 0.7% | 2.8% | 40% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 595 reported | -19.7% | 1.4% | 28% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 801 reported | -1.1% | 3.7% | 26% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KMB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 945M EUR (≈$1.0B) | 100 | 60 | |
| 1 | 30.7B BRL (≈$5.5B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 1 | 5.5B USD | 100 | 84 | |
| 4 | 82.5B JPY (≈$561M) | 99 | 69 | |
| 4 | 2.4B CNY (≈$329M) | 99 | 29 | |
| 586 | 5.7B THB (≈$160M) | 27 | 68 | |
| 586 | 963M USD | 27 | 29 | |
| 586 | 4.8B USD | 27 | 34 | |
| 586 | 22.1B GBP (≈$28.7B) | 27 | 46 | |
| 586 | 34.7B USD | 27 | 44 | |
| 594 | 10.4B CNY (≈$1.5B) | 26 | 45 | |
| 594 | 29.1B JPY (≈$198M) | 26 | 51 | |
| 594 | 33.6B INR (≈$403M) | 26 | 39 | |
| 594 | 567M USD | 26 | 16 |
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