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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055785-25-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T09:43:04.145562+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark Q1 net sales $4.8B (-6.0%); adjusted EPS $1.93 (-4.0%); cuts full-year outlook

## Summary
- Net sales of $4.8B, down 6.0% YoY; organic sales -1.6% (price -1.5%, volume/mix flat).
- Adjusted EPS $1.93, down 4.0% vs prior year; reported EPS $1.70 includes $0.23 Transformation charges.
- Adjusted gross margin 36.9%, down 20bps; adjusted operating profit $844M, down 6.0%.
- Full-year 2025 outlook lowered to reflect potential incremental costs from geopolitical uncertainty.
- Transformation Initiative charges in Q1: $75M ($0.23 EPS) vs $45M ($0.10) in prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055785-25-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-22T23:59:59+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/55785/000005578525000034/0000055785-25-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578525000034/pre-20250422.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055785-25-000034.txt

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