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Southeast Asia's Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) and Asia Pulp & Paper Co (APP), as well as Brazil's Suzano SA are the final bidders for Kimberly-Clark's international tissue business valued at around $4 billion, four people said.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter sales on Tuesday.

Dividend Kings, like Kimberly-Clark NYSE: KMB, are generally good stocks to buy and hold because their visible cash flows sustain reliable dividends and regular distribution growth. Those qualities, along with their healthy balance sheets and, oftentimes, share repurchases, provide ever-increasing shareholder value reflected in their stock prices.

An unwelcome change in guidance was the development pushing down Kimberly-Clark's (KMB -1.91%) share price on Tuesday.

KMB's first quarter sales dip 6%, with organic sales declining 1.6%. Management updates 2025 outlook amid cost pressures and global headwinds.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 22, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Christopher Jakubik - Investor Relations Mike Hsu - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nelson Urdaneta - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Lauren Lieberman - Barclays Nik Modi - RBC Capital Markets Dara Mohsenian - Morgan Stanley Anna Lizzul - Bank of America Javier Escalante - Evercore ISI Bonnie Herzog - Goldman Sachs Christopher Carey - Wells Fargo Securities Operator Good morning and welcome to the Kimberly-Clark First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call Question-and-Answer Session. I will now hand it over to Chris Jakubik, Vice President, Investor Relations.

The headline numbers for Kimberly-Clark (KMB) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Kimberly-Clark (KMB -2.70%), a leading global supplier of essential consumer tissue and personal care products, released its earnings for Q1 2025 on April 22. The results showed a mixed performance with a Non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $1.93, exceeding analyst estimates of $1.90.

Kimberly-Clark also adjusted its guidance to reflect ‘a more uncertain geopolitical landscape.'

Shares of Kimberly-Clark (KMB) sank in premarket trading Tuesday after the consumer goods company lowered full-year projections amid uncertainty around the Trump administration's tariffs.