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The Clorox Company (CLX)

NYSE / Consumer Defensive / Household & Personal Products

Share price

86.20 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

10.42B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2025, filed Aug 8, 2025
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
17, FY2008 to FY2025
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

29.0% Computed

From the FY2025 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

13.14x Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

7.1% Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2016 Revenue: 5.76B USDFY2016 Net income: 648.0M USDFY2017 Revenue: 5.97B USDFY2017 Net income: 701.0M USDFY2018 Revenue: 6.12B USDFY2018 Net income: 823.0M USDFY2019 Revenue: 6.21B USDFY2019 Net income: 820.0M USDFY2020 Revenue: 6.72B USDFY2020 Net income: 939.0M USDFY2021 Revenue: 7.34B USDFY2021 Net income: 710.0M USDFY2022 Revenue: 7.11B USDFY2022 Net income: 462.0M USDFY2023 Revenue: 7.39B USDFY2023 Net income: 149.0M USDFY2024 Revenue: 7.09B USDFY2024 Net income: 280.0M USDFY2025 Revenue: 7.10B USDFY2025 Net income: 810.0M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 13.14x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2025 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 10.00x and 15.00x.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (135 companies), 13.14x sits at the 21st percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 13.84x to 33.63x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 29.0% in FY2025, in the band labelled "Exceptional" (20.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on the capital in the business well above the usual cost of that capital.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (102 companies), 29.0% sits at the 92nd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 2.7% to 14.1%.

Is it safe

Debt to equity was 9.08 in FY2025, in the band labelled "Heavily leveraged" (2.00 and above), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria, suggesting heavy reliance on borrowing.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (131 companies), 9.08 sits at the 100th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 0.35 to 1.58.

Year by year against peers
Whether The Clorox Company's return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Consumer Defensive sector, year by year. (FY2023 to FY2025, 3 fiscal years of The Clorox Company with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way The Clorox Company's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 filed years of The Clorox Company)
What could explain it
What in The Clorox Company's filed statements could explain the movements. (6 readings drawn from the statement lines The Clorox Company filed)
What to check next
What to check next on The Clorox Company, and where in its filings. (4 questions for The Clorox Company)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on The Clorox Company's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (13 of sixteen figures read for The Clorox Company)

These are CLX’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2025 annual report: 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, accession 0000021076-25-000039.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

The Clorox Company: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax29.0% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Return on equity252.3% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Return on capital employed, pre-tax
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Return on assets14.6% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Gross margin45.2% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Operating margin
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Net margin11.4% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
CLX 11.4%
CHD 11.9%SGI 5.1%KVUE 9.7%KMB 12.3%CL 10.5%
5.1%12.3%
Net margin: CLX against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

The Clorox Company: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity9.08 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Current ratio0.84 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Quick ratio0.57 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Altman Z-score
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Net debt2.75B ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Total assets 5.56BTotal liabilities 5.08BShareholders' equity 321.0MOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What The Clorox Company owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2025, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039).

The Clorox Company: balance sheet position
Total assets5.56B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025
Total liabilities5.08B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025
Shareholders' equity321.0M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025
Cash167.0M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025
Total debt2.92B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025
Net debt2.75B
Current ratio0.84
Debt to equity9.08
  • Interest cover: FY2025: No operating income line is filed for this year.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

The Clorox Company: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings13.14x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
P/E on trailing twelve months13.71x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book33.38x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Price to sales1.51x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Enterprise value to EBIT11.55x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Diluted earnings per share6.52 USD FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Graham number19.52 USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value CLX on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for The Clorox Company today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

The Clorox Company: valuation
Share price86.20 USD
Market capitalisation10.42B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham number19.52 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20256.52 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 13.05x, median 26.27x, high 297.64x, latest 13.71x. 2,521 trading days with a meaningful ratio. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like The Clorox Company

  1. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD)Market cap 24.45B USD
  2. Somnigroup International Inc (SGI)Market cap 14.91B USD
  3. Kenvue Inc. (KVUE)Market cap 35.86B USD
  4. Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)Market cap 34.61B USD
  5. Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL)Market cap 73.87B USD

Same industry (Household & Personal Products) and size band (Large, 10B to 200B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

The Clorox Company: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield7.1% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Free cash flow761.0M USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Free cash flow margin10.7% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Dividend yield5.8% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Payout ratio74.3% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
FY2016 Free cash flow: 606.0M USDFY2016 Net income: 648.0M USDFY2017 Free cash flow: 634.0M USDFY2017 Net income: 701.0M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 782.0M USDFY2018 Net income: 823.0M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 786.0M USDFY2019 Net income: 820.0M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 1.29B USDFY2020 Net income: 939.0M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 945.0M USDFY2021 Net income: 710.0M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 535.0M USDFY2022 Net income: 462.0M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 930.0M USDFY2023 Net income: 149.0M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 483.0M USDFY2024 Net income: 280.0M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 761.0M USDFY2025 Net income: 810.0M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

The Clorox Company: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
13.14xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
33.38xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
11.55xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
7.1%FY2025Oct 15, 2026
29.0%FY2025Aug 8, 2025
5.8%FY2025Oct 15, 2026
9.08FY2025Aug 8, 2025
0.84FY2025Aug 8, 2025
1.51xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a This figure compares a year against the one before it, and we hold one filed year for this company.
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a We hold no figure here and no stored reason for its absence. The gap is ours, not the company's.
-2.83FY2025Aug 8, 2025
7/9FY2025Aug 8, 2025

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2025, the newest full year on file. 17 filed fiscal years on record, FY2008 to FY2025, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025, read from the annual reports The Clorox Company filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

The Clorox Company: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20257.10B1.17B810.0M6.52761.0Mn/a252.3%10-K, Aug 8, 20250000021076-25-000039
FY20247.09B488.0M280.0M2.25483.0Mn/a85.4%10-K, Aug 8, 20240000021076-24-000030
FY20237.39B328.0M149.0M1.20930.0Mn/a67.7%10-K, Aug 10, 20230000021076-23-000037
FY20227.11B713.0M462.0M3.73535.0Mn/a83.1%10-K, Aug 10, 20220000021076-22-000026
FY20217.34B999.0M710.0M5.58945.0Mn/a172.8%10-K, Aug 10, 20210000021076-21-000016
FY20206.72B1.28B939.0M7.361.29Bn/a103.4%10-K, Aug 13, 20200000021076-20-000016
FY20196.21B1.12B820.0M6.32786.0Mn/a146.7%10-K, Aug 14, 20190000021076-19-000012
FY20186.12B1.14B823.0M6.26782.0Mn/a113.4%10-K, Aug 14, 20180000021076-18-000011
FY20175.97B1.12B701.0M5.33634.0Mn/a129.3%10-K, Aug 15, 20170001628280-17-008700
FY20165.76B1.07B648.0M4.92606.0Mn/a218.2%10-K, Aug 16, 20160001206774-16-006893
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 2.4%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 2.5%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 3.2%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 2.6%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

The Clorox Company: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.83 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Piotroski F-score7/9 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Aug 8, 2025, 0000021076-25-000039
Named tests met7 of 30 Computed
Beta0.35 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 7 met, 22 not met, 1 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); ROIC at or above WACC; Near the 52-week low; High return on tangibles; Cash-covered dividend; Cash-flow yield and ROIC
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
EV/EBITDA and coverage. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(5)
  • Altman Z-Score: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • PEG Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Interest Coverage: No operating income line is filed for this year.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 5 figures could not be read on this company, among them Altman Z-Score, PEG Ratio, EV/EBITDA. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 1 named test comes back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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