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.

Revenue
+33.3%
EPS
+118.9%
Free cash flow
+84.2%
Total debt
+60.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

99.20 0.50 −0.50%
Market cap
$12.1B
P/E
17.8×
Fwd P/E
15.6×
Dividend yield
5.01%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.10
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
26/100

The Clorox Company (CLX) Debt to equity

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The Clorox Company's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 32.9×, up 17.1× from fiscal 2026 (15.8×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.1× (fiscal 2020) to 17.8× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 15.8× 206.62%
FY2025 5.2× 2.20%
FY2024 5.0× (25.41%)
FY2023 6.8× 76.32%
FY2022 3.8× (18.47%)
FY2021 4.7× 50.04%
FY2020 3.1× (34.69%)
FY2019 4.8× 40.34%
FY2018 3.4× 3.50%
FY2017 3.3× (57.55%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 32.9× 108.32%
Jun 2026 15.8× (41.55%)
Mar 2026 27.0× (61.94%)
Dec 2025 71.0× 294.45%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.1× High 17.8×
Ten-year median 4.9×
Current reading's percentile 92

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 0.1×
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare 0.3×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 0.5×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 0.6×
COTY Coty compare 0.8×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 1.8×
NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare 2.0×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 3.5×
CLX The Clorox Company 32.9×
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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