---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055785-22-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T01:27:29.793738+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark Q3 adj. EPS $1.40 (-14% YoY); organic sales +5%; guidance maintained at lower end

## Summary
- Net sales $5.1B, +1% reported; organic sales +5% on 9% price, 1% mix, -5% volume; FX hurt 4%.
- Adj. EPS $1.40 vs $1.62 YoY; GAAP EPS $1.38; input cost headwind $360M partially offset by $80M FORCE savings.
- Personal Care sales -1% (volumes -7%), Consumer Tissue +2%, K-C Professional +5%; all segments raised prices.
- FY2022 outlook: organic sales growth 5-7% (unchanged); adj. EPS at lower end of $5.60-$6.00; capex trimmed to $0.9-1.0B.
- CEO cites sequential margin improvement; currency now seen as 3-4% sales drag (was 3%) and mid-to-high single-digit OP impact.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055785-22-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578522000073/0000055785-22-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578522000073/pre-20221025.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055785-22-000073.txt

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