KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION vs REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC., two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Here are two consumer-staples packagers priced almost identically on earnings, 17.19 times for Kimberly-Clark and 17.2 times for Reynolds Consumer Products. Kimberly-Clark runs the wider net margin, 12.8% against 8.7%, pays the larger dividend, 4.6% against 3.43%, and carries lighter debt, 0.32 against 0.68. Reynolds converts a bit more to free cash, 5.74% against 5.04%. The size gap is the headline: Kimberly-Clark at $36.5B is more than six times Reynolds' $5.7B, with a far broader shelf of tissue and personal-care brands against Reynolds' foil, wraps, and bags. Same rough earnings multiple, but the larger, higher-margin, better-paying name is Kimberly-Clark.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | KMB | REYN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $112.38 | $26.25 |
| Market cap | $37.4B | $5.6B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.0% | +7.5% |
| P/E | 17.6 | 16.8 |
| P/B | 19.56 | 2.45 |
| P/S | 2.26 | 1.47 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.1 | 51.6 |
| Revenue growth | +0.2% | +2.9% |
| Gross margin | 36.9% | 23.6% |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | — |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 110.7% | 14.5% |
| Return on assets | 12.3% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 77.4% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 5.9% |
| Dividend yield | 4.5% | 3.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 1.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.80 | 2.37 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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