Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) has a relatively stable business thanks to its deep portfolio of consumer brands like Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers that millions of people use on a daily basis. But that doesn’t mean the company can’t occasionally surprise investors with shifts in its operating trends and changes in the market outlook.
With that in mind, here are three important things from this past week’s quarterly report that shareholders likely didn’t see coming.