The Clorox Company
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23.2 | 28.9 | 52.1 | 27.2 | 25.1 | 30.2 | 19.1 | 21.0 | 9.1 | 21.0 | 19.1 | 16.1 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 23.8 | 28.1 | 25.0 | 21.6 | 24.2 | 29.8 | 32.3 | 37.8 | 132.5 | 60.8 | 18.4 | 19.8 | |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | |
| 6.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | – | – | 55.9 | – | – | 106.1 | – | – | 75.7 | 78.2 | 117.0 | 61.4 | 32.3 | 24.5 | 35.5 | 30.8 | 38.7 | 24.0 | 50.9 | 34.6 | 31.0 | 129.5 | |
| 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | |
| 10.1 | 13.3 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 17.3 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 21.4 | 39.0 | 26.8 | 12.5 | 18.1 | |
| 26.1 | 151.9 | 43.3 | 21.5 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 27.3 | 17.0 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 19.8 | 22.9 | 19.0 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 30.1 | 27.5 | 22.8 | 25.3 | 21.7 | 24.2 | 32.7 | 21.2 | 35.3 | 19.6 | 28.8 | |
| 3.8% | 0.7% | 2.3% | 4.7% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.2% | 3.7% | 5.9% | 7.6% | 6.9% | 7.0% | 5.0% | 4.4% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 3.1% | 4.7% | 2.8% | 5.1% | 3.5% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 54.5% | 54.7% | 43.9% | 43.6% | 40.6% | 43.3% | 45.5% | 44.0% | 43.2% | 42.2% | 43.1% | 41.2% | 43.0% | 44.3% | 43.5% | 42.1% | 43.2% | 42.7% | 43.6% | 45.1% | 44.7% | 43.7% | 43.9% | 45.6% | 43.6% | 35.8% | 39.4% | 43.0% | 45.2% | 42.3% | |
| 15.2% | 15.8% | 17.2% | 18.2% | 15.6% | 18.9% | 19.1% | 18.8% | 18.7% | 16.8% | 17.9% | 16.8% | 18.7% | 18.6% | 17.6% | 16.5% | 17.4% | 17.6% | 17.7% | 18.3% | 18.7% | 18.4% | 17.8% | 18.8% | 16.7% | 10.1% | 11.1% | 10.2% | 16.6% | 24.7% | |
| 8.3% | 8.8% | 6.3% | 9.9% | 8.3% | 8.0% | 12.4% | 13.2% | 25.0% | 9.6% | 10.3% | 8.7% | 9.9% | 11.5% | 10.6% | 9.9% | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 11.7% | 13.4% | 13.2% | 14.0% | 9.7% | 6.5% | 2.0% | 3.9% | 11.4% | 8.7% | |
| 7.4% | 1.7% | 7.6% | 12.5% | 14.2% | 17.4% | 15.0% | 17.5% | 14.0% | 7.4% | 11.6% | 10.6% | 9.9% | 11.8% | 9.0% | 7.7% | 10.5% | 11.4% | 13.2% | 10.5% | 10.7% | 12.7% | 12.6% | 19.2% | 12.9% | 7.5% | 12.6% | 6.8% | 10.7% | 6.0% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29.0% | 31.6% | 15.7% | 22.0% | 17.0% | 23.8% | 40.6% | 35.6% | – | – | 293.0% | – | – | 726.5% | – | – | 391.8% | 362.3% | 491.5% | 218.2% | 129.3% | 113.4% | 146.7% | 103.4% | 119.9% | 63.4% | 38.4% | 56.9% | 168.0% | 652.2% | |
| 10.8% | 11.3% | 6.0% | 9.1% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 13.5% | 14.3% | 30.3% | 12.3% | 13.7% | 9.8% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 13.4% | 12.4% | 13.3% | 13.1% | 13.9% | 14.3% | 15.3% | 16.3% | 16.0% | 15.1% | 11.2% | 7.5% | 2.5% | 4.9% | 14.6% | 7.5% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 273 | 688 | 609 | 1,118 | 753 | 833 | 897 | 534 | 2,190 | 2,082 | 1,854 | 3,261 | 2,943 | 2,708 | 2,325 | 2,454 | 2,073 | 1,984 | 1,809 | 1,919 | 1,777 | 2,352 | 2,572 | 1,973 | 2,546 | 2,606 | 2,247 | 2,367 | 2,408 | 5,011 | |
| 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 5.4 | |
| 37.3% | 35.8% | 38.0% | 41.2% | 47.6% | 37.3% | 33.3% | 40.2% | -15.3% | -4.3% | 4.7% | -7.9% | -3.8% | 1.8% | -2.1% | -3.1% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 6.6% | 11.9% | 14.3% | 10.9% | 14.6% | 9.3% | 11.8% | 6.5% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 1.2% | |
| 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | – | – | 11.9 | – | – | 33.7 | – | – | 16.2 | 15.0 | 18.6 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 57.3 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.42 | 1.65 | 1.02 | 1.64 | 1.35 | 1.37 | 2.23 | 2.56 | 6.12 | 2.90 | 3.25 | 3.25 | 3.81 | 4.26 | 4.03 | 4.08 | 4.30 | 4.24 | 4.37 | 4.92 | 5.33 | 6.25 | 6.32 | 7.35 | 5.58 | 3.73 | 1.20 | 2.24 | 6.52 | 4.81 | |
| 17.20 | 18.78 | 16.19 | 16.65 | 16.30 | 17.14 | 18.06 | 19.41 | 24.49 | 30.35 | 31.49 | 37.13 | 38.64 | 36.98 | 37.88 | 41.25 | 41.61 | 41.85 | 42.59 | 43.74 | 45.40 | 46.54 | 47.88 | 52.64 | 57.67 | 57.36 | 59.50 | 56.83 | 57.16 | 55.02 | |
| 4.92 | 5.23 | 6.54 | 7.49 | 7.93 | 5.77 | 5.51 | 7.18 | -3.09 | -1.02 | 1.11 | -2.61 | -1.24 | 0.59 | -0.62 | -1.02 | 1.10 | 1.17 | 0.89 | 2.25 | 4.12 | 5.52 | 4.31 | 7.11 | 4.65 | 5.88 | 3.12 | 3.94 | 3.88 | 0.74 | |
| 1.27 | 0.31 | 1.23 | 2.09 | 2.32 | 2.98 | 2.71 | 3.39 | 3.43 | 2.24 | 3.65 | 3.94 | 3.84 | 4.35 | 3.40 | 3.17 | 4.37 | 4.77 | 5.64 | 4.60 | 4.84 | 5.93 | 6.06 | 10.12 | 7.42 | 4.32 | 7.49 | 3.87 | 6.12 | 3.32 | |
Data as of: September 30, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.