Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
The Clorox Company CLX
$80.41 -0.30% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $9.72B
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 16.7× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Operating margin widened to 24.7% from 16.6% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 5.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 24%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginTop 32%
- Operating marginTop 5%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Interest coverTop 30%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 28%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 32%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 24%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 15%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 27%
- 6-month returnBottom 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 22%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 30%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 29%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 48%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 14%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.7% | -5.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 10.8% | -26.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 45.2% | 42.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 16.6% | 24.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 10.7% | 6.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.4% | -3.7% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -26.1% | 10.8% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| Gross margin | 42.3% | 45.2% | ↓ | Top 32% |
| Operating margin | 24.7% | 16.6% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 11.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.0% | 10.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 20.4% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.1% | — | Bottom 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.04×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +1.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.84×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 12.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.19%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.87%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $100.11
- Target vs current price
- +24.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 29
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 10%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +1.2% | +2.9% | +10.1% | +7.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +5.8% | +1.8% | -5.0% | +1.5% | +2.8% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | -2.8% | +1.5% | +5.6% | +6.9% | -16.3% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +3.9% | -3.0% | -4.5% | -5.4% | -2.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +30.5% | -0.5% | -0.5% | -5.7% | -7.8% |
| May 5, 2025 | -6.5% | -0.5% | -3.1% | -6.3% | -9.3% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | +11.5% | +0.7% | -6.5% | -1.8% | -11.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +32.9% | -0.2% | +3.6% | +6.7% | +1.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $1.66 | $1.64 | +1.2% | $1.95B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.64 | $1.55 | +5.8% | $1.67B |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $1.39 | $1.43 | -2.8% | $1.67B |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.85 | $0.82 | +3.9% | $1.43B |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $2.87 | $2.20 | +30.5% | $1.99B |
| May 5, 2025 | $1.45 | $1.55 | -6.5% | $1.67B |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $1.55 | $1.39 | +11.5% | $1.69B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.86 | $1.40 | +32.9% | $1.76B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 16.7× | 43.8× | 5th | Top 28% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.4× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| EV / Sales | 2.25× | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.17% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| Earnings yield | 5.98% | — | — | Top 28% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.7× – 270.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -34.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -26.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +14.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -15.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -20.7%
- RSI (14)
- 29.6
- Relative volume
- 0.71×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 32.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.35
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.20
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -36.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -63.8% | 1427 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Jan 11, 2021 | -12.4% | 61 days | 11 days (Jan 27, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $9.72B
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.81
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.72B
- Dividend yield
- 7.74%
- 52-week range
- $79.12 – $128.90
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.11B | $7.39B | $7.09B | $7.10B | $6.72B |
| Gross profit | $2.54B | $2.91B | $3.05B | $3.21B | $2.84B |
| Operating income | $719.0M | $823.0M | $723.0M | $1.18B | $1.66B |
| Net income | $462.0M | $149.0M | $280.0M | $810.0M | $587.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.73 | $1.20 | $2.25 | $6.52 | $4.81 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.76B | $1.69B | $1.67B | $1.99B | $1.43B | $1.67B | $1.67B | $1.95B |
| Net income | $99.0M | $193.0M | $186.0M | $332.0M | $80.0M | $157.0M | $187.0M | $163.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.79 | $1.54 | $1.50 | $2.68 | $0.65 | $1.29 | $1.54 | $1.33 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $786.0M | $1.16B | $695.0M | $981.0M | $612.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$251.0M | -$228.0M | -$212.0M | -$220.0M | -$207.0M |
| Free cash flow | $535.0M | $930.0M | $483.0M | $761.0M | $405.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$571.0M | -$583.0M | -$595.0M | -$602.0M | -$602.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$20.0M | $33.0M | $1.0M | -$306.0M | -$279.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $143.0M
- Total assets
- $7.79B
- Total liabilities
- $7.54B
- Total debt
- $5.52B
- Net debt
- $5.38B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $90.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | $1.25 | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $1.25 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $1.24 | May 8, 2026 |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $1.24 | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.24 | Nov 6, 2025 |
| Aug 13, 2025 | $1.24 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $1.22 | May 9, 2025 |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $1.22 | Feb 14, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 8,498,860
- Days to cover
- 2.86
- Change vs previous report
- -20.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 24, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Sep 3, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Jun 2, 1987
- 2-for-1