Company Dossier · Consumer Staples
Kenvue
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Kenvue is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $15.4 billion, up 1.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $1.91 billion, up 17% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $0.41 billion, down 11% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 28, 2025: $0.20 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 28, 2025: $0.75 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.20 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.30 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed February 20, 2026): 16 risk factors added, 2 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q2 2026: $0.8 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,016 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−3 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 4 (14 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Kenvue is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding · Hedging
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Expanding
- Capital spending33rd pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex79th pct
- Hiring filings81st pct
- Deals and private raises49th pct
- Patent publications72nd pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Hedging
- Call sentiment49th pct
- Call confidence7th pct
- Guidance changes39th pct
- Risk factors added16th pct
- Insider open-market trades30th pct
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver83rd pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Kenvue's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$8.5B
- Due within a year $1.4B
- Longer term $7.1B
- Default point $4.9B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 28, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2025 | $750M | 4.850% | 2032 (7y) | +60bp | 4.870% |
From the pricing term sheets Kenvue filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Kenvue: earnings call confidence
Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 13, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Oct 6, 2026Patent
- Sep 22, 2026Patent
- Sep 1, 2026Patent
- Jul 28, 2026Patent
- Jul 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP)second_quarter 2026
- Jul 8, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP)second_quarter 2026
- May 22, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 15, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 20, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)16 risk factors added, 2 removed
- Feb 17, 20268-KExit or restructuring costsItem 2.05
- Feb 12, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 29, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Nov 3, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Nov 3, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 14, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 24, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 27, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 22, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 21, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 8, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 5, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Mar 5, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 24, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 10 removed
- Mar 1, 202410-K
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| e.l.f. Beauty ELF | $1.8B | $0.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Smithfield Foods SFD | $15.5B | — | Jun 28, 2026 |
| Estée Lauder EL | $15.1B | $1.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Kimberly-Clark KMB | $16.6B | $1.8B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Bunge Global BG | $17.9B | −$1.2B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Molson Coors Beverage Company TAP | $13.0B | $1.1B | Dec 31, 2025 |
| General Mills GIS | $18.3B | $1.6B | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Pilgrim's Pride PPC | $18.4B | $0.8B | Jun 28, 2026 |
Identity
- SEC CIK
- 1944048
- Wikidata
- Q118905792