---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055785-24-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:54:06.733908+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark Q3 adj. EPS $1.83 (+5%), organic sales +1%, net sales down 4% on FX and divestitures

## Summary
- Net sales $5.0B (-4% reported); organic sales +1% (price +1%, volume/mix flat).
- Adjusted EPS $1.83 (+5% YoY) with $0.07 FX headwind; GAAP EPS $2.69 includes $1.34 gain from PPE divestiture.
- Adjusted operating profit +5%; adjusted gross margin 36.7% (+90 bps) on productivity.
- Personal Care organic +3%, Consumer Tissue -1%, K-C Professional -1% (organic).
- 2024 outlook: organic sales growth revised to 3%-4% (from mid-single digit); profit outlook reaffirmed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055785-24-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/55785/000005578524000091/0000055785-24-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578524000091/pre-20241022.htm

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