TTM
15.6%
YoY change
−3.01pp
Trough year (1995)
0.8%
Peak year (2004)
16.1%
Latest annual
9.5%
FCF Margin history chart for Kimberly-Clark (KMB) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: 9.5%
FCF Margin change chart for Kimberly-Clark (KMB) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: −3.01pp
FCF Margin history table for Kimberly-Clark (KMB) from 1989 to 2025
| 2025 | 9.5% | -3.01pp | ||
| 2024 | 12.5% | -1.06pp | ||
| 2023 | 13.6% | +4.38pp | ||
| 2022 | 9.2% | +0.34pp | ||
| 2021 | 8.9% | -4.26pp | ||
| 2020 | 13.1% | +4.85pp | ||
| 2019 | 8.3% | -3.05pp | ||
| 2018 | 11.3% | -0.42pp | ||
| 2017 | 11.7% | -1.78pp | ||
| 2016 | 13.5% | +6.80pp | ||
| 2015 | 6.7% | -2.43pp | ||
| 2014 | 9.2% | -0.71pp | ||
| 2013 | 9.9% | -0.55pp | ||
| 2012 | 10.4% | +4.09pp | ||
| 2011 | 6.3% | -2.68pp | ||
| 2010 | 9.0% | -4.76pp | ||
| 2009 | 13.8% | +5.48pp | ||
| 2008 | 8.3% | +0.41pp | ||
| 2007 | 7.9% | -1.72pp | ||
| 2006 | 9.6% | -0.48pp | ||
| 2005 | 10.1% | -6.07pp | ||
| 2004 | 16.1% | +4.05pp | ||
| 2003 | 12.1% | +0.64pp | ||
| 2002 | 11.5% | +3.50pp | ||
| 2001 | 7.9% | +1.06pp | ||
| 2000 | 6.9% | -1.39pp | ||
| 1999 | 8.3% | +0.31pp | ||
| 1998 | 8.0% | +4.28pp | ||
| 1997 | 3.7% | -2.33pp | ||
| 1996 | 6.0% | +5.19pp | ||
| 1995 | 0.8% | -1.67pp | ||
| 1994 | 2.5% | +1.17pp | ||
| 1993 | 1.3% | -0.43pp | ||
| 1992 | 1.7% | -1.20pp | ||
| 1991 | 3.0% | +1.73pp | ||
| 1990 | 1.2% | +0.07pp | ||
| 1989 | 1.2% | — |
- 20259.5%-3.01pp
- 202412.5%-1.06pp
- 202313.6%+4.38pp
- 20229.2%+0.34pp
- 20218.9%-4.26pp
- 202013.1%+4.85pp
- 20198.3%-3.05pp
- 201811.3%-0.42pp
- 201711.7%-1.78pp
- 201613.5%+6.80pp
- 20156.7%-2.43pp
- 20149.2%-0.71pp
- 20139.9%-0.55pp
- 201210.4%+4.09pp
- 20116.3%-2.68pp
- 20109.0%-4.76pp
- 200913.8%+5.48pp
- 20088.3%+0.41pp
- 20077.9%-1.72pp
- 20069.6%-0.48pp
- 200510.1%-6.07pp
- 200416.1%+4.05pp
- 200312.1%+0.64pp
- 200211.5%+3.50pp
- 20017.9%+1.06pp
- 20006.9%-1.39pp
- 19998.3%+0.31pp
- 19988.0%+4.28pp
- 19973.7%-2.33pp
- 19966.0%+5.19pp
- 19950.8%-1.67pp
- 19942.5%+1.17pp
- 19931.3%-0.43pp
- 19921.7%-1.20pp
- 19913.0%+1.73pp
- 19901.2%+0.07pp
- 19891.2%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Kimberly-Clark's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Kimberly-Clark (KMB)
According to Kimberly-Clark's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 15.6%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual free cash flow margin for Kimberly-Clark (KMB) came in at 9.52% – contracted 3.0 percentage points year-over-year.
16.14% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2004, against a low of 0.83% during 1995.
Kimberly-Clark FCF Margin by Year
Kimberly-Clark FCF Margin 2025: 9.5%
Kimberly-Clark free cash flow margin in 2025 was 9.52%, contracted 3.0 percentage points from 2024.
Kimberly-Clark FCF Margin 2024: 12.5%
2024's free cash flow margin for Kimberly-Clark came in at 12.53%, contracted 1.1 percentage points from 2023.
Kimberly-Clark FCF Margin 2023: 13.6%
Kimberly-Clark posted free cash flow margin of 13.59% in 2023, expanded 4.4 percentage points from 2022.
Kimberly-Clark FCF Margin 2022: 9.2%
In 2022, Kimberly-Clark reported free cash flow margin of 9.20%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2021.
Kimberly-Clark FCF Margin 2021: 8.9%
Kimberly-Clark free cash flow margin in 2021 was 8.86%.
See more financial history for Kimberly-Clark (KMB).
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