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How Kimberly-Clark Corporation stacks up
KMB · against 820 other Consumer Defensive companies
Profitability
89/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #88 of 821 · scores higher than 89% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score82 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including KMB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 89?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 78% of peers. Operating margin: 15.2% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 89% of peers. Return on invested capital: 27.2% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 91% of peers. Return on assets: 10.5% vs peer median 4.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 761 reported | 27.2% | 7.7% | 89% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 817 reported | 15.2% | 7.6% | 78% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 784 reported | 10.5% | 4.0% | 91% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 770 reported | 104.9% | 8.3% | 99% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 824 reported | 37.6% | 32.0% | 62% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KMBScores 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