Kimberly-Clark Announces Second Quarter and First Half 2026 Results, Updates 2026 Outlook

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    "title": "Kimberly-Clark Announces Second Quarter and First Half 2026 Results, Updates 2026 Outlook",
    "excerpt": "Makes significant strides in strategic transformation while sustaining strong business momentum DALLAS , Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Nasdaq: KMB ) today reported second quarter 2026 results reflecting sustained, innovation-driven volume-plus-mix gains and industry-leading productivity that more than offset several significant, discrete unfavorable impacts. \"Our achievements in the first half of the year show that Kimberly-Clark's durable operating model is enabling us to accelerate our transformation while sustaining the momentum of our brands and businesses,\" said Kimberly-Clark Chairman and CEO Mike Hsu. \"Our team is executing with agility and addressing discrete headwinds that will moderate our growth and earnings potential in 2026. We continue to invest in our innovation-led growth agenda and superior brand propositions that win with consumers across the value spectrum. Combined with industry-leading gross productivity savings, we're ensuring that our base business is well positioned to drive sustainable growth in 2027 and beyond.\" Hsu continued, \"We also made significant strides to advance the next phase of Kimberly-Clark's Powering Care strategy. We successfully launched our strategic joint venture with Suzano: Arbex. We entered the next phase of development of our next-generation, sustainable materials innovation platform by announcing the...",
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