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The Clorox Company

CLXDividend Aristocrat • 47yrs
Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products🇺🇸 United States
$86.40
Dividend Yield5.79%
Annual Dividend$5.00
Ex-Dividend DateOct 28, 2026
Market Cap$10.45B
38/ 100
Financial Health
At Risk
⚠ Payout ratio 103% exceeds earnings⚠ Heavy leverage (D/E 22.2x)Healthy yield (5.8%)Strong ROE (164%)

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At a glance

The Clorox Company (CLX) operates in the Household & Personal Products industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $5.00 a year, a yield of 5.79% at the current price of $86.40. Clorox has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend Aristocrat. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 2.5% a year. It paid out 103% of its earnings as dividends, more than it earned. 19 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $96.35 is 11.5% above the current price.

Written automatically from the figures on this page, as of Oct 24, 2026. Facts only, not a recommendation.

Price History
Dividend payment dates
Analyst Consensus
Hold
Bullish sentiment
5% of 19 analysts bullish
12-Month Price Target
$96.35
+11.5% vs current price

About The Clorox Company

The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The company home care cleaning and disinfecting products and laundry additives, skin sanitization and cleaning products, professional cleaning and disinfecting products, and professional food service products under the Clorox, Clorox2, Pine-Sol, Scentiva, Tilex, Liquid-Plumr, Formula 409, Purell, GOJO, CloroxPro, Clorox Healthcare, Hidden Valley, Poett, Clorinda, and Chux brands.

Business description sourced from Yahoo Finance / company filings. Not affiliated with SimplyWallStreet.

Key Metrics

Valuation

P/E Ratio
17.2
P/B Ratio
116.13
EV/EBITDA
14.1
Beta
0.57
vs S&P 500
52W High
$128.90
52W Low
$79.12

Profitability

Gross Margin
42.32%
Operating Margin
12.88%
Net Margin
8.73%
ROE
163.76%
Free Cash Flow
$110.4M

Financial Health

Debt / Equity
2221.43
lower is safer
Current Ratio
0.66
>1 healthy
Quick Ratio
0.34
>1 healthy
Employees
9,200
HQ
Oakland, CA, United States
Data: Yahoo Finance (yfinance)|Updated: Oct 24, 2026 10:52

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Data Sources: Yahoo Finance via yfinance (real-time prices, dividend history, financial statements, analyst ratings and price targets) · S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index (official constituent list) · Dividend Kings public records (companies with 50+ years of consecutive dividend increases) · SEC EDGAR company filings (10-K annual reports — primary source for all financial statement data). Data is fetched automatically each day and may be delayed up to 24 hours. All figures are in USD unless otherwise stated.