The Clorox Company

This stock might be able to help your portfolio bleach red days away. Clorox is one of the best-known household cleaning product brands in the world and its name has almost become synonymous with bleach. But its business extends beyond the wash-out chemical. Its portfolio includes best-in-class brands like Burt's Bees, Kingsford, and Glad.

$139.78
(as of Apr 17, 7:00 PM EST)

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Ticker Information for The Clorox Company

Stock Price
$139.78
Ticker Symbol
CLX
Exchange
NYSE

Industry Information for The Clorox Company

Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Household & Personal Products

Company Description for The Clorox Company

Country
USA
Full Time Employees
7,400

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. It sells its products primarily through mass retailers; grocery outlets; warehouse clubs; dollar stores; home hardware centers; drug, pet, and military stores; third-party and owned e-commerce channels; and distributors, as well as a direct sales force. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Fundamentals for The Clorox Company

Market Capitalization
$17,219,497,984
EBITDA
$1,248,999,936
Dividends per Share
$4.86
P/E Ratio
37.98
Forward P/E Ratio
18.94
Earnings per Share
$3.68
Earnings per Share Estimate Next Year
Profit Margin
6.38%
Shares Outstanding
123,190,000
Percent Owned by Insiders
0.20%
Percent Owned by Institutions
82.88%
52-Week High
52-Week Low

Technical Indicators for The Clorox Company

50-Day Moving Average
200-Day Moving Average
RSI
42.03
3.8

Analyst Ratings for The Clorox Company

Strong Buy
2
Buy
0
Hold
15
Sell
3
Strong Sell
1

News About The Clorox Company

Apr 17, 2025, 10:48 AM EST
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Apr 16, 2025, 9:02 AM EST
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Apr 14, 2025, 12:47 AM EST
(Reuters) -Australia's competition regulator said on Monday Clorox's local unit had been fined A$8.25 million ($5.19 million) by the Federal Court over falsely claiming its GLAD kitchen and garbage bags were partially made from recycled ocean plastic. See more.
Apr 14, 2025, 12:47 AM EST
(Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said on Monday Clorox's local unit had been fined A$8.25 million ($5.19 million) by the Federal Court over falsely claiming its GLAD kitchen and garbage bags were partially made from recycled ocean plastic. See more.