The Clorox Company

CLX Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products

The Clorox Company’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $6.7 billion, down 5.41% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 2.01%, EPS fell 50.4%, free cash flow grew 11.4% and total debt rose 60.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

84.35 0.55 +0.66%
Market cap
$10.2B
P/E
17.5×
Fwd P/E
14.8×
Dividend yield
7.37%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.10
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
26/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.85
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 — — — — — 1 — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 1.41%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 10,200.00
Revenue 6,720.00
Net Income 601.00
Free Cash Flow 405.00
Net Debt 3,839.00
Current Ratio 0.66 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 15.80 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 17.50
Fwd P/E 14.80
P/S ratio 1.53
P/B ratio 40.76 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth (2.93%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 3.84%
Next Y EPS Growth 7.87%
Next Y revenue growth 13.54% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 5.41%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 4.95%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.55%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 57.00%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 2.44%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 84.98%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 1.29
Annual Dividend Rate 6.22
Annual Dividend Yield 7.37%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 4.98
1.24
1.24
1.25
1.25
2025 4.92
1.22
1.22
1.24
1.24
2024 4.84
1.20
1.20
1.22
1.22
2023 4.76
1.18
1.18
1.20
1.20
2022 4.68
1.16
1.16
1.18
1.18
2021 4.54
1.11
1.11
1.16
1.16
2020 4.34
1.06
1.06
1.11
1.11
2019 4.04
0.96
0.96
1.06
1.06
2018 3.72
0.84
0.96
0.96
0.96
2017 3.28
0.80
0.80
0.84
0.84
2016 3.14
0.77
0.77
0.80
0.80
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 2026
Cash 367 202 167 143
Receivables 688 695 821 791
Inventory 696 637 523 777
Other — — — —
1,828 1,622 1,608 1,824
2023 2024 2025 2026
Payables 1,659 1,486 1,828 1,600
ST’ Debt 146 — — 1
Other — — — —
1,917 1,574 1,919 2,773

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.55% (1.75%) (3.11%)
Cash Flow (2.37%) (13.67%) (19.15%)
Earnings (0.98%) (3.73%) 57.94%
Book Value (1.63%) (15.70%) (13.40%)

Revenue $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 1,429 1,673 1,670 1,948 6,720
’25 1,762 1,686 1,668 1,988 7,104
’24 1,386 1,990 1,814 1,903 7,093
’23 1,740 1,715 1,915 2,019 7,389
’22 1,806 1,691 1,809 1,801 7,107
’21 1,916 1,842 1,781 1,802 7,341
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 93 311 (122) 330 612
’25 221 180 286 294 981
’24 20 153 182 340 695
’23 178 209 341 430 1,158
’22 41 181 229 335 786
’21 383 246 264 383 1,276
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 57 269 (165) 244 405
’25 182 127 233 219 761
’24 (4) 101 127 259 483
’23 132 167 285 346 930
’22 (11) 124 166 256 535
’21 314 164 183 284 945
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 0.65 1.29 1.54 1.34 4.81
’25 0.80 1.54 1.50 2.68 6.52
’24 0.17 0.75 (0.41) 1.73 2.25
’23 0.68 0.80 (1.71) 1.42 1.20
’22 1.14 0.56 1.21 0.81 3.73
’21 3.22 2.03 (0.49) 0.78 5.58
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to June

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 118.41 113.57 143.58 150.95 156.23 120.50 114.69 127.60 96.66 79.12

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 150.40 167.70 166.90 239.87 231.11 186.86 178.21 171.37 164.22 128.90
People
People Employees 8,100 8,700 8,800 8,800 9,000 9,000 8,700 8,000 7,600 9,200
Revenue/emp, $m 0.74 0.70 0.71 0.76 0.82 0.79 0.85 0.89 0.93 0.73
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 5,973 6,124 6,214 6,721 7,341 7,107 7,389 7,093 7,104 6,720
Gross margin, % 44.72 43.68 43.90 45.57 43.58 35.81 39.36 42.97 45.23 42.32
EBT 1,033 1,054 1,024 1,185 900 607 238 398 1,078 791
EBT margin, % 17.29 17.21 16.48 17.63 12.26 8.54 3.22 5.61 15.17 11.77
Net income 701 823 820 939 719 471 161 292 824 601
Depreciation 163 166 180 180 540 224 681 235 219 247
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 46.32 47.37 48.65 53.41 58.46 57.73 59.79 57.12 57.51 55.18
Earnings 5.43 6.37 6.42 7.46 5.66 3.75 1.21 2.26 6.56 4.82
Cash flow 6.71 7.55 7.77 12.29 10.16 6.38 9.37 5.60 7.94 5.03
Capex (1.79) (1.50) (1.61) (2.02) (2.64) (2.04) (1.84) (1.71) (1.78) (1.70)
Free cash flow 4.92 6.05 6.15 10.27 7.53 4.35 7.52 3.89 6.16 3.33
Book value 4.20 5.62 4.38 7.22 4.71 5.92 3.14 3.96 3.90 2.07
Shares, m 129 129 128 126 126 123 124 124 124 122
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 24.49 20.93 23.73 29.41 31.90 37.70 130.36 59.66 18.30 19.80
P/S 2.88 2.82 3.14 4.11 3.08 2.44 2.66 2.35 2.09 1.73
P/B 31.70 23.78 34.92 30.40 38.16 23.81 50.66 33.88 30.77 46.12
EV/Sales 3.11 3.24 3.56 4.40 3.41 2.81 2.97 2.73 2.48 2.30
EV/FCF 29.27 25.34 28.11 22.89 26.51 37.32 23.56 40.13 23.11 38.18
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 865 976 992 1,546 1,276 786 1,158 695 981 612
Capex (231) (194) (206) (254) (331) (251) (228) (212) (220) (207)
Free cash flow 634 782 786 1,292 945 535 930 483 761 405
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (295) 111 (135) 602 (227) (59) (89) 48 (311) (949)
Total debt 1,791 2,483 2,683 2,846 2,784 2,795 2,623 2,481 2,484 3,982
Net debt 1,373 2,352 2,572 1,975 2,465 2,612 2,256 2,279 2,317 3,839
Shareholders’ equity 542 726 559 908 592 729 388 492 482 252
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 15.44 17.09 16.12 16.58 11.32 7.40 2.46 4.79 14.32 8.79
ROIC 36.78 23.07 22.44 27.62 18.95 14.03 9.64 11.55 24.12 13.95
ROE 167.10 129.81 127.63 128.02 94.67 69.95 26.68 63.64 166.32 159.95
Negative figures in brackets.

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Charts ten years each

The Clorox Company vs peers in Household & Personal Products (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. $35.5B 196× 28.0× +6.33% (above 0%: growing) n/m +7.87% (above 0%: growing) 75.46% (1.08%) Compare
KVUE Kenvue Inc. $34.0B 20.5× 18.6× +3.02% (above 0%: growing) +9.09% (above 0%: growing) +17.07% (above 0%: growing) 58.18% 17.67% Compare
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation $32.5B 16.8× 14.4× +0.62% (above 0%: growing) −32.03% (below 0%: shrinking) −4.79% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.27% 15.11% Compare
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $23.3B 32.0× 26.3× +1.57% (above 0%: growing) +10.26% (above 0%: growing) +23.33% (above 0%: growing) 45.35% 18.07% Compare
CLX The Clorox Company $10.1B 17.5× 14.8× −2.01% (below 0%: shrinking) −50.37% (below 0%: shrinking) +11.42% (above 0%: growing) 41.27% 13.24%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty $6.5B 110× 21.2× +35.52% (above 0%: growing) +91.53% (above 0%: growing) +447.39% (above 0%: growing) 83.20% 21.37% Compare
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. $3.6B 21.5× 18.8× +2.13% (above 0%: growing) −5.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +1,031.52% (above 0%: growing) 65.54% 14.35% Compare
COTY Coty $2.5B — (loss-making) 11.8× +1.34% (above 0%: growing) n/m +20.86% (above 0%: growing) 60.88% (3.36%) Compare
NWL Newell Brands Inc. $2.4B — (loss-making) 7.4× +3.05% (above 0%: growing) +127.27% (above 0%: growing) +84.62% (above 0%: growing) 40.72% 14.19% Compare
Median of peers $14.9B 26.7× 18.7× +2.58% +9.68% +22.10% 59.53% 14.73%

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The Clorox Company (CLX) key facts

  • Concern: The Clorox Company’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $6.7 billion, down 5.41% from fiscal 2025.
  • Concern: Net income was $601.0 million, or $4.82 per share (basic), a net margin of 8.74%.
  • The Clorox Company (CLX) is a Household & Personal Products company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 12, 2026, CLX traded at $84.35, a market capitalization of $10.2 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 17.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 5% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • The Clorox Company pays an annual dividend of $6.22 per share, a yield of 7.37%, with a payout ratio of 129.1%.
  • Return on equity was 160.0% and debt-to-equity 15.80.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.10 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

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