KMB - Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, swimpants, training and youth pants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, Poise, and other brand names.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $96.19, ATM IV 25.9%, max pain $100.00, net GEX -$4.6M.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Household & Personal Products
- Market Cap
- $32.21B
- P/E Ratio
- 15.20
- Beta
- 0.31
- 52-Week Range
- 92.42-144.31
- Dividend Yield
- $5.06
- CEO
- Michael D. Hsu
- Employees
- 38,000
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What KMB Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 52.0% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; negative net gamma exposure (-$4.6M) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (0.014) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The KMB overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked KMB overview questions
- What is KMB?
- KMB is the ticker symbol for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a listed security. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. Listed on NASDAQ. KMB is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the KMB options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the KMB options snapshot shows spot at $96.19, ATM IV 25.9%, IV rank 52.0%, max pain $100.00, net GEX -$4.6M, expected move 7.43%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are KMB's key statistics?
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) carries a market capitalization of $32.21B, trailing P/E ratio of 15.20, beta of 0.31 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 92.42-144.31. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does KMB belong to?
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Household & Personal Products industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare KMB's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the KMB data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).