Clorox (CLX)

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products · S&P 500
$83.29 -0.28% on the day Market cap $9.9B 52-week range $79.12 to $128.90 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-1% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $9.9B, Clorox's free cash flow of $761M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -1% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Clorox's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-0.7% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years2.6% a year
Revenue, same period2.4% a year
Price to free cash flow13.0x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from CLX's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability7
Growth4
Financial health1
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)13.3x
P/E (forward)12.3x
Price / free cash flow13.0x
EV / EBITDA10.2x
Price / sales1.46x
Price / book42.2x
Revenue growth+0.1%
Operating margin—
Net margin11.2%
Return on equity—
Dividend yield6.0%
Debt / equity—

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Clorox's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$7.3B$7.1B$7.4B$7.1B$7.1B
Net income$710M$462M$149M$280M$810M
Free cash flow$945M$535M$930M$483M$761M
EPS (diluted)$5.58$3.73$1.20$2.25$6.52
Operating margin—————

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2026.

Health and Wellness$2.7B40%
Household$1.8B27%
Lifestyle$1.1B17%
International$1.1B17%

Superinvestors who own CLX

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $29M0.01%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $6M0.01%Q2 2026
Donald Yacktman
Yacktman Asset Management
Held $5M0.06%Q2 2026
Lee Ainslie
Maverick Capital
Trimmed $348,6420.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Clorox's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Dec 19, 2025 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$98.31—
Dec 19, 2025 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$98.31—
Nov 21, 2025 Pierre R Breber
4,000$104.13$416,520
Oct 30, 2025 Lisa C. Mcclain
0$112.48—
Oct 30, 2025 Lisa C. Mcclain
0$112.48—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$120.49—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$120.49—

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Questions

What growth does Clorox's stock price imply?

At a market value of $9.9B, Clorox would need its free cash flow to grow about -1% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 3% a year.

Are Clorox insiders buying the stock?

7 open-market insider purchases of CLX in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Clorox?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold CLX in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Donald Yacktman.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.