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Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
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Kimberly-Clark (KMB - Free Report) reported $4.97 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.1%. EPS of $1.51 for the same period compares to $1.54 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.99 billion, representing a surprise of -0.32%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -1.31%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.53.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Kimberly-Clark performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Personal Care - Volume impact - YoY change: 1% versus 0.6% estimated by four analysts on average.
K-C Professional - Organic Sales Growth - YoY change: -1% compared to the 2.4% average estimate based on four analysts.
Personal Care - Organic Sales Growth - YoY change: 6% compared to the 5.3% average estimate based on four analysts.
Total Organic Sales Growth - YoY change: 3% compared to the 3.5% average estimate based on four analysts.
K-C Professional - Mix impact - YoY change: 2% compared to the 1.1% average estimate based on four analysts.
Personal Care - Net price impact - YoY change: 4% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 3.3%.
Personal Care - Mix impact - YoY change: 1% versus 1.4% estimated by four analysts on average.
Personal Care - Currency impact - YoY change: -4% versus -2.4% estimated by four analysts on average.
Net Sales- Personal Care: $2.60 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $2.63 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.8%.
Net Sales- K-C Professional: $816 million versus $830.25 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.6% change.
Net Sales- Corporate & Other: $12 million versus $11.50 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.1% change.
Net Sales- Consumer Tissue: $1.54 billion versus $1.52 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.3% change.
Shares of Kimberly-Clark have returned +4.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Kimberly-Clark (KMB - Free Report) reported $4.97 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.1%. EPS of $1.51 for the same period compares to $1.54 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.99 billion, representing a surprise of -0.32%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -1.31%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.53.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Kimberly-Clark performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Personal Care - Volume impact - YoY change: 1% versus 0.6% estimated by four analysts on average.
- K-C Professional - Organic Sales Growth - YoY change: -1% compared to the 2.4% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Personal Care - Organic Sales Growth - YoY change: 6% compared to the 5.3% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Total Organic Sales Growth - YoY change: 3% compared to the 3.5% average estimate based on four analysts.
- K-C Professional - Mix impact - YoY change: 2% compared to the 1.1% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Personal Care - Net price impact - YoY change: 4% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 3.3%.
- Personal Care - Mix impact - YoY change: 1% versus 1.4% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Personal Care - Currency impact - YoY change: -4% versus -2.4% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Net Sales- Personal Care: $2.60 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $2.63 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.8%.
- Net Sales- K-C Professional: $816 million versus $830.25 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.6% change.
- Net Sales- Corporate & Other: $12 million versus $11.50 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.1% change.
- Net Sales- Consumer Tissue: $1.54 billion versus $1.52 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.3% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Kimberly-Clark here>>>Shares of Kimberly-Clark have returned +4.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.