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Clorox CLX Price / earnings

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.7B+0.1%
Gross profit$722.0M-3.0%
Net income$187.0M+0.5%
EPS (diluted)$1.54+2.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.2B+418%
Total debt$4.5B+52.4%
Total equity-$67.0M-348%
Total assets$6.4B+16.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$311.0M+72.8%
CapEx$43.0M-18.9%
Free cash flow$269.0M+112%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.58B-30.9%
Enterprise value$14.88B-24.1%
P/S1.7×-0.7×

Profitability

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Gross margin43.8%-1.4pp
Net margin11.2%+1.3pp
FCF margin11.5%+1.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity249.6%+147pp
Debt / equity9.1×+0.1×
Current ratio0.8×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Clorox’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Clorox’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Clorox's price / earnings?
Clorox (CLX) reported price / earnings of 16.6× in Q1 2026.
How has Clorox's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Clorox's price / earnings decreased by 36.6% year-over-year, from 26.1× to 16.6×.
What is the long-term trend for Clorox's price / earnings?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Clorox's price / earnings has grown at a -12.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 31.1× to 18.6×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.