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Clorox (CLX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$160.28 +2.47 (+1.57%)
Closing price 01/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$160.68 +0.39 (+0.24%)
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About Clorox Stock (NYSE:CLX)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$157.89
$161.10
50-Day Range
$157.32
$169.74
52-Week Range
$127.60
$171.37
Volume
1.14 million shs
Average Volume
1.03 million shs
Market Capitalization
$19.84 billion
P/E Ratio
55.85
Dividend Yield
3.04%
Price Target
$156.07
Consensus Rating
Reduce

Company Overview

The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The Health and Wellness segment offers cleaning products, such as laundry additives and home care products primarily under the Clorox, Clorox2, Scentiva, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, Tilex, 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; and vitamins, minerals and supplement products under the RenewLife, Natural Vitality, NeoCell, and Rainbow Light brands 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; natural personal care products under the Burt's Bees brand; and water-filtration products under the Brita brand in the United States. The International segment provides laundry additives; home care products; water-filtration systems; digestive health products; grilling products; cat litter products; food products; bags and wraps; natural personal care products; and professional cleaning and disinfecting products internationally primarily under the Clorox, Ayudin, Clorinda, Poett, Pine-Sol, Glad, Brita, RenewLife, Ever Clean and Burt's Bees 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 Clorox Company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Clorox Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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79th Percentile Overall Score

CLX MarketRank™: 

Clorox scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 64th out of 151 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Clorox has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.80, and is based on 1 buy rating, 10 hold ratings, and 4 sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Clorox has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Clorox's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Clorox are expected to grow by 5.09% in the coming year, from $6.87 to $7.22 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Clorox is 55.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 111.71.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Clorox is 55.85, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 22.16.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Clorox has a PEG Ratio of 2.92. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Clorox has a P/B Ratio of 40.37. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Clorox's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.23% of the float of Clorox has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Clorox has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Clorox has recently increased by 21.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Clorox pays a meaningful dividend of 3.07%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Clorox has been increasing its dividend for 35 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Clorox is 170.04%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Clorox will have a dividend payout ratio of 67.59% next year. This indicates that Clorox will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Clorox's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.23% of the float of Clorox has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Clorox has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Clorox has recently increased by 21.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Clorox has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 26 news articles for Clorox this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    76 people have searched for CLX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 7% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    5 people have added Clorox to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Clorox insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.57% of the stock of Clorox is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    78.53% of the stock of Clorox is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Clorox's insider trading history.
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CLX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Clorox's stock was trading at $162.41 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CLX stock has decreased by 1.3% and is now trading at $160.2840.
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The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.50. Clorox's revenue was up 27.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Clorox subsidiaries include these companies: Nutranext, 1221 Olux, 6570 Donlon Group, A & M Products Manufacturing Company, Andover Properties, Aplicare, Bees International Corporation, and others.

Top institutional investors of Clorox include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.70%), abrdn plc (0.43%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.30%) and Vest Financial LLC (0.29%). Insiders that own company stock include Kevin B Jacobsen, Eric H Reynolds, Angela C Hilt and A D David Mackay.
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Shares of CLX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Clorox investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Chevron (CVX), Home Depot (HD), AbbVie (ABBV) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 11/7 Dividend
10/23/2024
Last Earnings
10/30/2024
Dividend Payable
11/07/2024
Ex-Dividend for 2/14 Dividend
1/29/2025
Today
1/30/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
2/03/2025
Dividend Payable
2/14/2025
Fiscal Year End
6/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Polishes & sanitation goods
Sub-Industry
Household Products
CUSIP
18905410
Employees
8,000
Year Founded
1913

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$156.07
High Stock Price Target
$187.00
Low Stock Price Target
$130.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-2.6%
Consensus Rating
Reduce
Rating Score (0-4)
1.80
Research Coverage
15 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$280 million
Pretax Margin
7.31%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$7.09 billion
Cash Flow
$8.19 per share
Book Value
$3.97 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
123,075,000
Market Cap
$19.84 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.42

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This page (NYSE:CLX) was last updated on 1/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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