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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055785-23-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T15:03:13.917825+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark Q3 net sales $5.1B, organic sales +5%; raises FY2023 outlook

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $5.1B (+2% total, +5% organic), driven by 5% price and 1% favorable mix; volume -1%.
- Gross margin 35.8% (+530 bps YoY), restored to pre-pandemic level; adjusted EPS $1.74 (+24% YoY).
- Personal Care organic sales +7%, Consumer Tissue +2%, K-C Professional +4%; all segments improved margins.
- 2023 outlook raised: organic growth 4%-5% (prev 3%-5%), adjusted EPS growth 15%-17% (prev 10%-14%).
- Year-to-date cash from ops $2.3B vs $1.7B; $1.3B returned to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055785-23-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578523000061/0000055785-23-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578523000061/pre-20231024.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055785-23-000061.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KIMBERLY CLARK CORP updated its third quarter 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: third quarter 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the "Corporation"), dated October 24, 2023 reporting the Corporation’s results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578523000061/0000055785-23-000061-index.htm

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