DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) on Friday reported second-quarter net income of $509 million.
The Dallas-based company said it had net income of $1.53 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.92 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.68 per share.
The maker of consumer products such as Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissue posted revenue of $4.16 billion in the period.
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