DALLAS (AP) _ Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $437 million.

On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had profit of $1.29. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.34 per share.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.35 per share.

The maker of consumer products such as Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissue posted revenue of $5.06 billion in the period, which topped Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.99 billion.

Kimberly-Clark expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.60 to $6 per share.

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