Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced its first quarter 2025 financial results on April 22, 2025, reporting net sales of $4.8 billion, a 6.0% decrease from the prior year. Organic sales decreased by 1.6%, driven by a 1.5% decrease in price, while volume and mix remained flat.
Adjusted operating profit for the quarter was $844 million, down 6.0% from the prior year, and adjusted diluted EPS decreased by 4.0% to $1.93. The company's adjusted gross margin was 36.9%, a 20 basis point decrease from the prior year.
Kimberly-Clark updated its full-year 2025 outlook, now expecting adjusted operating profit and adjusted EPS to be flat to positive on a constant-currency basis, a significant reduction from the previous expectation of high single-digit growth. This revision reflects potential incremental costs from a more uncertain geopolitical landscape, including an incremental $300 million gross impact from tariffs, translating to a net $200 million headwind for 2025. Adjusted Free Cash Flow is now expected to be approximately $2 billion, down from a previous expectation of more than $2 billion.
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