Kimberly-Clark profit drops by 77% but adjusted earnings and revenue beat estimates

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Kimberly-Clark’s quarterly profit drops by 77%

Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB, +0.01% stock was up by 2.2% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the household products maker said its second-quarter profit fell by 77%, but its revenue and adjusted profit exceeded analyst estimates. The Dallas-based company said its net income for the three months ended June 30 dropped to $102 million, or 30 cents a share, from $437 million, or $1.29 a share, in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings for the latest quarter totaled $1.

65 a share, well ahead of the analyst forecast of $1.48 a share, according to estimates compiled by FactSet. Kimberly-Clark’s revenue for the second quarter increased by 1% to $5.134 billion, just ahead of the analyst estimate of $5.126 billion. Looking ahead, Kimberly-Clark said it now expects 2023 organic sales to increase by 3% to 5%, compared to its earlier expectation for growth of 2% to 4%. The company’s 2023 operating margin is expected to increase by up to 1.

 

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