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KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP KMB

Kimberly-Clark is a global personal-care and consumer-tissue company with brands such as Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Kotex, and Depend. The investment case is about brand share, pricing, input costs, productivity, and whether mature consumer categories can still compound earnings per share.

Containers/Packaging

Company profile

Business mix

  • Personal care: baby, child, feminine, and adult-care brands provide the main profit base.
  • Consumer tissue: facial tissue, bathroom tissue, paper towels, and household paper products are cost and pricing sensitive.
  • K-C Professional: workplace and institutional hygiene products add B2B exposure.

Current key questions

  • Can pricing, mix, and productivity offset pulp, energy, freight, and promotion costs?
  • Are core brands holding share in mature and emerging markets?
  • Do restructuring, efficiency programs, dividends, and buybacks improve per-share value despite low category growth?
Holders 2 Current sample portfolio
Public mentions 0 Videos / interviews / letters
Valuation snapshot
PE 19.16 FCF 5.59% Buyback 0.76%
2026-06-07

Current firm holders

Firm Weight Value Filing period
Sessa Capital 7.8% $427.5M 2026-03-31
Gotham Asset Management Joel Greenblatt 0.1% $38.1M 2026-03-31

Recent trading changes over the last 2 quarters

Net buyers 2 Last 2 13F filing periods
Net reducers 0 Last 2 13F filing periods
Unchanged holders 0 Share count unchanged
Increase amount $452.8M Estimated from net added shares
Reduction amount $0 Estimated from net reduced shares
Net share change / base shares +3522.9% +4,693,192 / 133,218
Gotham Asset Management Joel Greenblatt 2 filing periods
13F 2025-12-31 Filed 2026-02-17
Major increase Shares 126.8% 13F value change +$13.9M
13F 2026-03-31 Filed 2026-05-15
Major increase Shares 30.8% 13F value change +$7.6M
Settlement As of 13F 2026-03-31 · Filed 2026-05-15
Base shares 133,218 Last 2 periods +261,923 (+196.6%) Total shares 395,141 Value $38.1M
Sessa Capital 1 filing periods
13F 2026-03-31 Filed 2026-05-15
New Shares - 13F value change +$427.5M
Settlement As of 13F 2026-03-31 · Filed 2026-05-15
Base shares 0 Last 2 periods +4,431,269 (New) Total shares 4,431,269 Value $427.5M

Recent mentions

No public mentions.