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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055785-22-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T15:36:01.768017+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark Q4 adjusted EPS $1.30, down 23% YoY; 2022 guidance EPS $5.60-$6.00

## Summary
- Q4 2021 net sales $5.0B (+3% YoY); organic sales +3%, full-year net sales $19.4B (+2%).
- Q4 2021 GAAP diluted EPS $1.06; adjusted EPS $1.30 vs $1.69 in Q4 2020 (-23%).
- Full-year 2021 adjusted EPS $6.18, down 20% YoY; within guidance of $6.05-$6.25.
- 2022 outlook: organic sales +3-4%, GAAP EPS $5.60-$6.00; input cost inflation expected $750-$900M.
- Dividend increased 1.8% to $1.16/quarter, marking 50th consecutive annual increase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055785-22-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578522000006/0000055785-22-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578522000006/pre-20220126.htm

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