Dividends

KMBKimberly-Clark

StockNasdaqUnited StatesConsumer staplesEU retail investors: available

+3.2% today · +13.3% over a year

6/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 64% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 4.56%.

Kimberly-Clark (KMB) dividends: trailing yield 4.56%, Dividend Safety 54/100, not lowered for 2 years, 5-year growth 2.6% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
4.56%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
4.57%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$5.10
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
54 / 100
Borderline

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
4.56% → 3.75%
Forward
4.57% → 3.77%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 3.75%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+2.6%
Years without a lower dividend
2
Years without a cut of over 10 %
2
Payout ratio (earnings)
51%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
87%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.92, 2017 $3.88, 2018 $4.00, 2019 $4.12, 2020 $4.28, 2021 $4.56, 2022 $4.64, 2023 $5.90, 2024 $4.88, 2025 $5.042016: $0.922017: $3.882018: $4.002019: $4.122020: $4.282021: $4.562022: $4.642023: $5.902024: $4.882025: $5.04

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
04 Sep 202605 Oct 2026$1.28RegularVerified3
05 Jun 202603 Jul 2026$1.28RegularVerified3
06 Mar 202603 Apr 2026$1.28RegularVerified3
05 Dec 202506 Jan 2026$1.26RegularVerified3

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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