Kimberly Clark has retired 39.1% of its shares since 1999, from 546,361,849 to 332,579,038.
At $105.57 a share, a market value of $35.1B. FCF yield 5.2%, P/E 18.0, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-17 | 546,361,849 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-16 | 533,036,154 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-14 | 519,504,160 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-19 | 501,547,379 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-16 | 481,269,591 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-16 | 460,850,735 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-14 | 456,450,272 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-14 | 420,257,274 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-12-31 | 413,600,000 | 10-K | |
| 2009 | 2010-02-12 | 416,305,736 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-11 | 404,377,352 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-22 | 393,683,636 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-15 | 387,621,860 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-07 | 379,402,894 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-11 | 365,468,649 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-04 | 360,899,707 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-01 | 356,274,872 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-01 | 350,706,285 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 344,431,630 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-31 | 341,795,666 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-29 | 338,363,924 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 336,993,302 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 337,507,349 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 336,883,198 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 331,684,601 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-30 | 331,922,371 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Kimberly Clark on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $105.57.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 332,579,038 as of July 28, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 1.2%.
Net of every new share it issued, Kimberly Clark has 213.8 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 39.1% of the company.
332,579,038 shares, as of July 28, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 546,361,849.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Kimberly Clark stock in 1999 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Kimberly Clark ranks No. 181 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Silicon Laboratories (39.2%), Eagle Materials (39.1%), Progress Software (39.1%), Carlisle Companies (38.9%).
Every answer is computed from Kimberly Clark's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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