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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055785-21-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:04:34.159762+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark Q2 adjusted EPS $1.47 vs $2.20 YoY; cuts full-year guidance

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $4.7B (+2% YoY); organic sales fell 3% on volume decline of 4%.
- Adjusted EPS $1.47 (down 33% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.19 (down 40% YoY).
- FY2021 adjusted EPS guidance cut to $6.65-$6.90 from prior $7.30-$7.55.
- Input cost inflation now seen at $1.2-$1.3B (prior $0.9-$1.05B) due to pulp and polymers.
- Consumer tissue volumes sank 15% as North American destocking continued.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055785-21-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578521000072/0000055785-21-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578521000072/pre-20210723.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055785-21-000072.txt

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