All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

KMB: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

KMB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, KMB returned −16.33% over the past year and −1.72% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, KMB is up +2,950.02% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.61%/yr, and is currently −39.11% below its real total-return high on Aug. 12, 2020.

Data ending Wed Oct. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
KMB × 		+2,950.02%
+7.61%/yr 		+7.88%/yr
R2=0.915
Kimberly-Clark Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
KMB × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$305,001.71
2026-10-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-14

  YTD YoY
KMB × 		−1.72% −16.33%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
KMB × 		−39.11%
on 2026-10-14
from 2020-08-12 peak 		−43.34%
on 2026-04-07
from 2020-08-12 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-10-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
KMB × 		−16.33% −29.37%
−15.96%/yr 		−14.80%
−5.20%/yr 		−26.03%
−5.85%/yr 		−15.59%
−1.68%/yr

Annual Returns

Year KMB
2026 (YTD) −1.72%
2025 −21.94%
2024 +8.66%
2023 −10.09%
2022 −7.56%
2021 +2.45%
2020 −0.40%
2019 +21.79%
2018 −3.89%
2017 +6.78%
2016 −9.56%
2015 +12.93%
2014 +18.02%
2013 +26.01%
2012 +17.09%
2011 +18.15%
2010 +1.73%
2009 +22.83%
2008 −21.09%
2007 +1.09%
2006 +14.67%
2005 −9.84%
2004 +10.53%
2003 +25.50%
2002 −20.85%
2001 −15.19%
2000 +6.49%
1999 +19.11%
1998 +11.05%
1997 +3.75%
1996 +13.97%
1995 +64.96%
1994 −2.33%
1993 −11.49%
1992 +16.50%
1991 +21.00%
1990 +11.90%
1989 +22.80%
1988 +11.62%
1987 +20.01%
1986 +18.34%
1985 +36.17%
1984 −0.40%
1983 +19.99%
1982 +8.22%
1981 +13.36%
1980 +17.58%