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The Clorox Company CLX

Consumer Defensive  —  Household & Personal Products
83.80 2.00 2.44% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$10.0B
P/E
17.4×
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The Clorox Company (CLX) Return on invested capital

The Clorox Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.0%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.64% (fiscal 2023) to 36.8% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.20%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 14.0% (10.17)
FY2025 24.1% 12.57
FY2024 11.6% 1.91
FY2023 9.64% (4.39)
FY2022 14.0% (4.92)
FY2021 19.0% (8.67)
FY2020 27.6% 5.18
FY2019 22.4% (0.63)
FY2018 23.1% (13.71)
FY2017 36.8% 6.66

Against its own ten years

Low 9.64% High 36.8%
Ten-year median 22.8%
Current reading's percentile 25

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 21.1%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 15.8%
CLX The Clorox Company 14.0%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 10.7%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 9.95%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 6.40%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 4.72%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare 1.41%
COTY Coty compare −0.85%
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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