KMBKimberly-Clark

Consumer Defensive

$97.60-19% 1Y

$97.60

$91.7952 weeks$119.97

Is it safe?

Good

Strong, no red flags: a safe balance sheet, clean books, and steady price behavior.

3 good, 2 neutral, 1 without data

SurvivalSafe zone

Financially healthy, low distress risk Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality5 / 9

Mixed fundamental signals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Credit gradeAderived · Jun 30, 2026

Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk24% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Relatively steady, low volatility. Worst drawdown -34% · now 19% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Dec 31, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitytop 9% of the market

Max drawdowntop 4% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can KMB take a bad year?

Kimberly-Clark carries $5.56B of net debt at 1.72× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$5.56B

Net debt · as at Q2 2026 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable

Net debt / EBITDA: 1.72×
Net debt / EBITDA · 1.88× a year ago · the load is coming down
Altman Z-score: 3.45
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
Interest cover: 10.7×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over