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

100.45 0.75 +0.75%
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) Free cash flow margin

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The Clorox Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.30%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (6.03%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.03% (fiscal 2026) to 19.2% (fiscal 2020) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 4.87% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 6.03% (4.68)
FY2025 10.7% 3.90
FY2024 6.81% (5.78)
FY2023 12.6% 5.06
FY2022 7.53% (5.34)
FY2021 12.9% (6.35)
FY2020 19.2% 6.57
FY2019 12.7% (0.12)
FY2018 12.8% 2.16
FY2017 10.6% 0.09

Against its own ten years

Low 6.03% High 19.2%
Ten-year median 11.7%
Current reading's percentile 8

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 16.8%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 16.0%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 14.2%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 11.3%
COTY Coty compare 10.4%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare 10.2%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 9.99%
CLX The Clorox Company 6.30%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare 0.72%
Household & Personal Products industry median 4.87%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.51%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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