Kimberly-Clark Preliminary Q3 Adjusted Earnings, Revenue Fall; Shares Up Pre-Bell

07:44 AM EDT, 10/15/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Kimberly-Clark (KMB) reported preliminary Q3 adjusted earnings Thursday of $1.70 per diluted share, down from $1.82 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expect $1.58. Net sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 are seen at $4.13 billion, down from $4.15 billion a year earlier. Analysts expect $4.09 billion. For the full year, Kimberly-Clark continues to expect adjusted EPS attributable to the company to see a low-single-digit drop on a constant-currency basis. Kimberly-Clark still expects 2026 organic sales growth to be about 100 basis points below its weighted average category growth in the categories and countries it competes, the company said. Kimberly-Clark shares were up 3.6% in premarket activity.