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The Clorox Company — Intrinsic Value & Fair Price

CLX
NYSEConsumer DefensiveHousehold & Personal ProductsCIK 0000021076thecloroxcompany.comAbout CLX
Last close · Oct 16, 202687.09+0.89 (+1.03%)
Market cap$10.5B
Model value · DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y
142.00
Clorox closed at $87.09 — undervalued by 39% vs model.
83.94the model's range397.38

DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y leads for a mature, steady company — positive operating income and three years of positive free cash flow. From a five-year discounted cash flow.

Other models
44.17 – 238.92
Wall St. target
94.50 8% below
Below model, 1y
17 of 20 days

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Dividends

Quarterly · as of Oct 16, 2026
Yield, trailing 12 months
5.71%
#16 · Highest dividend yield
Past 2 years
low 2.85%high 6.18%
Dividends per share, a year at a time
$4.49Jul ’21$4.66Jul ’22$4.74Aug ’23$4.82Aug ’24$4.90Aug ’25$4.97TTM
Dividends / free cash flow, FY2025
79.1%
Raised
42 years in a row
Growth, 5 yrs
2.1% a year
Last change
+0.8% · Aug 2026
Every payment, with ex-dates · latest $1.25, paid Aug 28, 2026

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How it is valued

Valued asMature & stable
Revenue declining (~-2% recent)Moderate margins (11% net margin)Strong dividend yieldHighly cyclical earningsHigh leverage (D/E 7.8x)Strong FCF yield (7.2%)
What growth the price implies: the reverse DCF

Key figures

FY2025 · chosen for mature companies
P/E
13.4×
EV / EBITDA
13.2×
FCF yield
3.8%
Dividend yield, TTM
5.71%
Beta
0.57
Cost of capital (WACC)
7.26%
Full financials

Analyst actions

third-party, quoted
10-16Barclays · target80.00
10-15Morgan Stanley · target87.00
10-15UBS · target91.00
07-28Jefferies · “Hold” from “Buy”downgrade
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About Clorox

The Clorox Company is a global manufacturer and marketer of both consumer and professional products, operating through four distinct segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The Health and Wellness division offers a range of cleaning solutions, including laundry additives and home care items under brand names such as Clorox, Clorox2, Scentiva, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, Tilex, and Formula 409. It also supplies professional cleaning and disinfecting products via the CloroxPro and Clorox Healthcare brands, alongside professional food service goods from Hidden Valley. Additionally, this segment provides vitamins, minerals, and supplements (VMS) within the United States, marketed under the RenewLife, Natural Vitality, NeoCell, and Rainbow Light labels. Dedicated to the U.S. market, the Household segment features cat litter products from Fresh Step and Scoop Away, food storage bags and wraps under the Glad brand, and grilling essentials like Kingsford charcoal. The Lifestyle segment, also primarily serving the U.S., encompasses dressings, dips, seasonings, and sauces, predominantly from Hidden Valley; natural personal care items offered by Burt's Bees; and water-filtration systems from Brita. Internationally, the International segment distributes a broad portfolio of products including laundry additives, home care items, water-filtration systems, digestive health products, grilling supplies, cat litter, various food items, bags and wraps, natural personal care products, and professional cleaning and disinfecting solutions. Key international brands include Clorox, Ayudin, Clorinda, Poett, Pine-Sol, Glad, Brita, RenewLife, Ever Clean, and Burt's Bees. Clorox's extensive product line reaches customers through a diverse array of channels. These include major retailers, grocery stores, warehouse clubs, discount outlets, home hardware centers, pharmacies, pet stores, military exchanges, both company-owned and third-party e-commerce platforms, distributors, and a direct sales force. Established in 1913, the company's corporate headquarters are situated in Oakland, California.

CEO
Linda J. Rendle
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Employees
9,200
IPO
1983-03-21
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