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Clorox (CLX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$163.11
+4.56 (+2.88%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

About Clorox Stock (NYSE:CLX)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$158.76
$163.46
50-Day Range
$155.12
$166.96
52-Week Range
$121.76
$169.09
Volume
2.30 million shs
Average Volume
1.24 million shs
Market Capitalization
$20.20 billion
P/E Ratio
56.83
Dividend Yield
2.99%
Price Target
$150.29
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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88th Percentile Overall Score

CLX MarketRank™: 

Clorox scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 26th out of 141 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 1.67, and is based on 1 buy rating, 8 hold ratings, and 6 sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Clorox has been the subject of 7 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 5.87% in the coming year, from $6.64 to $7.03 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Clorox is 56.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.20.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Clorox is 56.83, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 17.96.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Clorox has a PEG Ratio of 3.12. 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 41.09. 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

    2.63% 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 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Clorox has recently decreased by 13.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Clorox pays a meaningful dividend of 3.12%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Clorox has been increasing its dividend for 47 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 69.42% 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

    2.63% 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 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Clorox has recently decreased by 13.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Clorox has a news sentiment score of 0.89. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 30 news articles for Clorox this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    82 people have searched for CLX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 55% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    3 people have added Clorox to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Clorox insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $286,846.00 in 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 News Headlines

Clorox (CLX) Gets a Hold from RBC Capital
Clorox price target raised to $139 from $137 at Barclays
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Clorox (NYSE:CLX) Reports Strong Q3
Clorox CEO: We entered the fiscal year with strong momentum
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CLX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Clorox's stock was trading at $142.59 at the start of the year. Since then, CLX stock has increased by 14.4% and is now trading at $163.11.
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The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.50. The business's quarterly revenue was up 27.0% on a year-over-year basis.
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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.

Clorox's top institutional shareholders include Van ECK Associates Corp (1.20%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.70%), abrdn plc (0.45%) and International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.43%). Insiders that own company stock include Kevin B Jacobsen, Eric H Reynolds, Angela C Hilt, A D David Mackay and Diego J Barral.
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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.
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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 8/30 Dividend
8/13/2024
Dividend Payable
8/30/2024
Ex-Dividend for 11/7 Dividend
10/23/2024
Last Earnings
10/30/2024
Today
11/02/2024
Dividend Payable
11/07/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
2/06/2025
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
$150.29
High Stock Price Target
$187.00
Low Stock Price Target
$122.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-7.9%
Consensus Rating
Reduce
Rating Score (0-4)
1.67
Research Coverage
15 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$280 million
Pretax Margin
5.61%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$7.09 billion
Cash Flow
$8.45 per share
Book Value
$3.97 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
123,156,000
Market Cap
$20.20 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.41

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This page (NYSE:CLX) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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