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Kimberly Clark (KMB) outlook for 2026 remains consistent with previous expectations

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Kimberly-Clark maintained its 2026 earnings-growth outlook, while reporting lower category-growth context and citing China social-media disruption as the primary reason for its organic-sales-growth gap.

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2026 Organic Sales Growth to be approximately 100 basis points below its weighted average category growth in the categories and countries it competes. This primarily reflects realized and potential unfavorable impacts amounting to approximately 100 basis points at a total company level from previously disclosed China social media disruptions. Kimberly-Clark also noted that its weighted average category growth is now approximately 1.7 percent on a trailing 12-month basis. Adjusted Operating Profit to grow mid-single digits on a constant-currency basis. Adjusted Earnings per Share from Continuing Operations to grow high single digits on a constant-currency basis. Adjusted Earnings per Share Attributable to Kimberly-Clark to see a low single digit decline on a constant-currency basis.

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