TTM
13.3%
YoY change
−1.55pp
Trough year (1992)
7.7%
Peak year (2016)
18.6%
Latest annual
14.5%
Operating Margin history chart for Kimberly-Clark (KMB) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 14.5%
Operating Margin change chart for Kimberly-Clark (KMB) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −1.55pp
Operating Margin history table for Kimberly-Clark (KMB) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 14.5% | -1.55pp | ||
| 2024 | 16.0% | +4.53pp | ||
| 2023 | 11.5% | -1.82pp | ||
| 2022 | 13.3% | +0.11pp | ||
| 2021 | 13.2% | -3.77pp | ||
| 2020 | 16.9% | +0.74pp | ||
| 2019 | 16.2% | +4.15pp | ||
| 2018 | 12.1% | -6.33pp | ||
| 2017 | 18.4% | -0.19pp | ||
| 2016 | 18.6% | +9.91pp | ||
| 2015 | 8.7% | -4.11pp | ||
| 2014 | 12.8% | -2.39pp | ||
| 2013 | 15.2% | +2.41pp | ||
| 2012 | 12.8% | -0.94pp | ||
| 2011 | 13.7% | -1.08pp | ||
| 2010 | 14.8% | -1.44pp | ||
| 2009 | 16.2% | +2.61pp | ||
| 2008 | 13.6% | -1.29pp | ||
| 2007 | 14.9% | -0.70pp | ||
| 2006 | 15.6% | -0.55pp | ||
| 2005 | 16.1% | -0.72pp | ||
| 2004 | 16.9% | +0.05pp | ||
| 2003 | 16.8% | -0.64pp | ||
| 2002 | 17.5% | +1.36pp | ||
| 2001 | 16.1% | -1.99pp | ||
| 2000 | 18.1% | +0.96pp | ||
| 1999 | 17.1% | +2.68pp | ||
| 1998 | 14.5% | +0.23pp | ||
| 1997 | 14.2% | -1.40pp | ||
| 1996 | 15.6% | +3.63pp | ||
| 1995 | 12.0% | +0.87pp | ||
| 1994 | 11.1% | -0.26pp | ||
| 1993 | 11.4% | +3.72pp | ||
| 1992 | 7.7% | -3.29pp | ||
| 1991 | 10.9% | -0.82pp | ||
| 1990 | 11.8% | +0.02pp | ||
| 1989 | 11.7% | -0.13pp | ||
| 1988 | 11.9% | -0.12pp | ||
| 1987 | 12.0% | +0.73pp | ||
| 1986 | 11.3% | -0.67pp | ||
| 1985 | 11.9% | — |
- 202514.5%-1.55pp
- 202416.0%+4.53pp
- 202311.5%-1.82pp
- 202213.3%+0.11pp
- 202113.2%-3.77pp
- 202016.9%+0.74pp
- 201916.2%+4.15pp
- 201812.1%-6.33pp
- 201718.4%-0.19pp
- 201618.6%+9.91pp
- 20158.7%-4.11pp
- 201412.8%-2.39pp
- 201315.2%+2.41pp
- 201212.8%-0.94pp
- 201113.7%-1.08pp
- 201014.8%-1.44pp
- 200916.2%+2.61pp
- 200813.6%-1.29pp
- 200714.9%-0.70pp
- 200615.6%-0.55pp
- 200516.1%-0.72pp
- 200416.9%+0.05pp
- 200316.8%-0.64pp
- 200217.5%+1.36pp
- 200116.1%-1.99pp
- 200018.1%+0.96pp
- 199917.1%+2.68pp
- 199814.5%+0.23pp
- 199714.2%-1.40pp
- 199615.6%+3.63pp
- 199512.0%+0.87pp
- 199411.1%-0.26pp
- 199311.4%+3.72pp
- 19927.7%-3.29pp
- 199110.9%-0.82pp
- 199011.8%+0.02pp
- 198911.7%-0.13pp
- 198811.9%-0.12pp
- 198712.0%+0.73pp
- 198611.3%-0.67pp
- 198511.9%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Kimberly-Clark (KMB)
According to Kimberly-Clark's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 13.3%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Kimberly-Clark (KMB) operating margin totalled 14.46% – contracted 1.5 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual operating margin of 18.59% was reported in 2016. The lowest in the available history was 7.66% in 1992.
Kimberly-Clark Operating Margin by Year
Kimberly-Clark Operating Margin 2025: 14.5%
Kimberly-Clark operating margin in 2025 was 14.46%, contracted 1.5 percentage points from 2024.
Kimberly-Clark Operating Margin 2024: 16.0%
2024's operating margin for Kimberly-Clark came in at 16.00%, expanded 4.5 percentage points from 2023.
Kimberly-Clark Operating Margin 2023: 11.5%
Kimberly-Clark posted operating margin of 11.47% in 2023, contracted 1.8 percentage points from 2022.
Kimberly-Clark Operating Margin 2022: 13.3%
In 2022, Kimberly-Clark reported operating margin of 13.29%, expanded 0.1 percentage points from 2021.
Kimberly-Clark Operating Margin 2021: 13.2%
Kimberly-Clark operating margin in 2021 was 13.17%.
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