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) Net margin

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The Clorox Company's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.41%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (8.74%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.02% (fiscal 2023) to 14.0% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 33% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 2.32% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.92%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2026 8.74% (2.66)
FY2025 11.4% 7.45
FY2024 3.95% 1.93
FY2023 2.02% (4.48)
FY2022 6.50% (3.17)
FY2021 9.67% (4.30)
FY2020 14.0% 0.77
FY2019 13.2% (0.24)
FY2018 13.4% 1.70
FY2017 11.7% 0.49

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 8.92% 0.55
Jun 2026 8.37% (2.83)
Mar 2026 11.2% 1.82
Dec 2025 9.38% 3.78
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.02% High 14.0%
Ten-year median 10.8%
Current reading's percentile 37

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 12.4%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 11.8%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 11.3%
CLX The Clorox Company 9.41%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 4.47%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare 2.76%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 2.41%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare −4.42%
COTY Coty compare −9.96%
Household & Personal Products industry median 2.32%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.92%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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