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

99.50 0.34 +0.34%
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) Gross margin

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The Clorox Company's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 41.9%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (42.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 35.8% (fiscal 2022) to 45.6% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is below the Household & Personal Products industry median of 46.9% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 42.3% (2.91)
FY2025 45.2% 2.26
FY2024 43.0% 3.61
FY2023 39.4% 3.55
FY2022 35.8% (7.77)
FY2021 43.6% (1.99)
FY2020 45.6% 1.67
FY2019 43.9% 0.22
FY2018 43.7% (1.04)
FY2017 44.7% (0.38)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 40.4% (0.85)
Jun 2026 41.3% (1.96)
Mar 2026 43.2% 0.07
Dec 2025 43.2% 1.45
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 35.8% High 45.6%
Ten-year median 43.6%
Current reading's percentile 26

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 76.0%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 74.4%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 64.8%
COTY Coty compare 62.6%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 46.1%
CLX The Clorox Company 41.9%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare 39.7%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 36.8%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare 35.6%
Household & Personal Products industry median 46.9%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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