---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-027718"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:22:49.408260+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark Q1 2026: Net sales $4.2B (+2.7%), adj. EPS attributable $1.97 (+2.1%), reaffirms 2026 outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $4.2B, up 2.7% (organic +2.5%); volume/mix +3% offset by pricing -0.5%.
- Adjusted EPS from continuing ops $1.60 (-1.2%) on higher tax rate; adjusted EPS attributable $1.97 (+2.1%) including discontinued ops.
- Adjusted operating profit $732M (+3.7%) on productivity savings; GAAP gross margin 36.8%, adjusted 37.9% (-60bps).
- Includes $120M insurance settlement benefit and $99M charges for Transformation & Kenvue acquisition costs.
- Reaffirmed 2026 outlook; CEO cites momentum and Kenvue acquisition as 'generational value creation opportunity.'

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-027718
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+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/55785/000162828026027718/0001628280-26-027718-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000162828026027718/pre-20260428.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KIMBERLY CLARK CORP reported first quarter 2026 results: revenue $4.2 billion, EPS $1.70. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Revenue: $4.2 billion
  - EPS: $1.70
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: on continuing operations and exclude the International Family Care and Professional ("IFP") business, which is reported as discontinued operations. • Delivered net sales of $4.2 billion, up 2.7 percent, with organic sales growth of 2.5 percent. • Gross margin was 36.8 percent; adjusted gross margin was 37.9 percent, down 60 basis points versus the prior year. •
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000162828026027718/0001628280-26-027718-index.htm

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