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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055785-24-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T18:15:55.181123+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark Q2 adj EPS $1.96 (+19% YoY); raises 2024 profit outlook

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $5.0B (organic +4%), reported EPS $1.61, adjusted EPS $1.96 up 19%.
- Adjusted operating profit +16%; adjusted gross margin 36.9% (+290 bps YoY).
- Personal Care organic +8% (North America +5%, D&E +15%), Consumer Tissue -2%, KCP flat.
- 2024 outlook raised: adj operating profit and EPS now expected mid-to-high teens constant-currency growth (from low-teens).
- YTD operating cash flow $1.5B, returned $965M via dividends and buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055785-24-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/55785/000005578524000081/0000055785-24-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578524000081/pre-20240723.htm

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