How to buy The Clorox Company (CLX) stocks

The Clorox Company is a household & personal products business based in the US. The Clorox Company shares (CLX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $147.50 – a decrease of 2.34% over the previous week. The Clorox Company employs 7,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $7.2 billion.

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The Clorox Company stock price (NYSE: CLX)

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The Clorox Company stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2025-03-13.

Latest market close	$147.50
52-week range	$124.59 - $170.06
50-day moving average more info button	$155.17
200-day moving average more info button	$152.78
Wall St. target price	$164.66
PE ratio more info button	40.0409
Dividend yield more info button	$4.86 (3.31%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$3.67

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The Clorox Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $147.5 from 2025-03-12

1 week (2025-03-07)	-2.34%
1 month (2025-02-14)	-0.28%
3 months (2024-12-13)	-10.55%
6 months (2024-09-13)	-11.29%

1 year (2024-03-15)	-1.77%
2 years (2023-03-15)	0.69%
3 years (2022-03-14)	27.42%
5 years (2020-03-13)	1.56%

Is The Clorox Company stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing The Clorox Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of The Clorox Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

The Clorox Company's P/E ratio

The Clorox Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 40x. In other words, The Clorox Company shares trade at around 40x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

The Clorox Company's PEG ratio

The Clorox Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.6272. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into The Clorox Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

The Clorox Company's EBITDA

The Clorox Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.2 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a The Clorox Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

The Clorox Company financials

Revenue TTM	$7.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	13.88%
Gross profit TTM	$3.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	11.27%
Return on equity TTM	276.11%
Profit margin	6.38%
Book value	$-0.33
Market Capitalization more info button	$18.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

The Clorox Company's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like The Clorox Company.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

The Clorox Company's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 22.03

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and The Clorox Company's overall score of 22.03 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 32nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like The Clorox Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

The Clorox Company's environmental score

Environmental score: 8.21/100

The Clorox Company's social score

Social score: 7.02/100

The Clorox Company's governance score

Governance score: 2.8/100

The Clorox Company's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. The Clorox Company scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that The Clorox Company has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

The Clorox Company was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	22.03
Total ESG percentile	31.64
Environmental score	8.21
Social score	7.02
Governance score	2.8
Level of controversy	2

The Clorox Company stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 70.03% of net profits

Recently The Clorox Company has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), The Clorox Company shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In The Clorox Company's case, that would currently equate to about $4.86 per share.

The Clorox Company's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

The Clorox Company's most recent dividend payout was on 8 May 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 22 April 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have The Clorox Company's stocks ever split?

The Clorox Company's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 23 August 1999 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The Clorox Company stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for The Clorox Company stocks, which in turn could have impacted The Clorox Company's stock price.

The Clorox Company stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, The Clorox Company's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $124.5861 up to $170.0592. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while The Clorox Company's is 0.443. This would suggest that The Clorox Company's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

The Clorox Company overview

The Clorox Company engages in the manufacture and marketing of consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The Health and Wellness segment offers home care cleaning and disinfecting products, bleach, clog removers, and laundry additives, primarily under the Clorox, Clorox2, Pine-Sol, Scentiva, Tilex, Liquid-Plumr, Poett, and Formula 409 brands; professional cleaning and disinfecting products under the CloroxPro and Clorox Healthcare brands; professional food service products under the Hidden Valley brand in the United States. The Household segment provides cat litter products under the Fresh Step and Scoop Away brands; bags and wraps under the Glad brand; and grilling products under the Kingsford brand in the United States. The Lifestyle segment offers dressings, dips, seasonings, and sauces primarily under the Hidden Valley brand; water-filtration products under the Brita brand; and natural personal care products under the Burt's Bees brand in the United States. The International segment provides laundry additives, home care products, bags and wraps, cat litter products, water-filtration systems, professional cleaning and disinfecting products, natural personal care products, food products, grilling products, and digestive health products internationally primarily under the Clorox, Glad, Poett, Brita, Burt's Bees, Pine-Sol, Ever Clean, Clorinda, Chux, and Fresh Step brands. The company also offers vitamins, minerals, and supplement products under the Natural Vitality, RenewLife, NeoCell, and Rainbow Light brands.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of The Clorox Company is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.19% of The Clorox Company stocks are held by insiders and 83.011% by institutions. How many people work for The Clorox Company?
Latest data suggests 7,400 work at The Clorox Company. When does the fiscal year end for The Clorox Company?
The Clorox Company's fiscal year ends in June. Where is The Clorox Company based?
The Clorox Company's address is: 1221 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States, 94612-1888 What is The Clorox Company's ISIN number?
The Clorox Company's international securities identification number is: US1890541097 What is The Clorox Company's CUSIP number?
The Clorox Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 189054109

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