What does the company do?
The Clorox Company is a manufacturer and marketer of consumer products. The Company sells its products primarily through mass merchandisers, grocery stores and other retail outlets. It markets brand names, including its namesake bleach and cleaning products, Green Works natural cleaners, and laundry products, Poett and Mistolin cleaning products, Armor All and STP auto care products, Fresh Step and Scoop Away cat litter, Kingsford charcoal, Hidden Valley and K C Masterpiece dressings and sauces, Brita water-filtration systems, Glad bags, wraps and containers, and Burt’s Bees natural personal care products. The Company operates through four segments: Cleaning, Lifestyle, Household and International. Cleaning consists of laundry, home-care, professional products and auto-care products marketed and sold in the United States. Lifestyle consists of food products and water-filtration systems and filters marketed and sold in the United States and all natural personal care products.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Clorox one-year sales: 5.44 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Cleaning Products group: 13.14% - Clorox one-year income: 565.00 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Cleaning Products group: 42.78%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 5.44 Bil | 4.81 Bil | | Income | 565.00 Mil | 395.71 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Clorox one-year sales growth: -0.90%.
Difference from the average for the Cleaning Products group: 3.20 pct. pts. - Clorox one-year income growth: 23.80%.
Difference from the average for the Cleaning Products group: 19.70 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -0.90% | -4.10% | | Income Growth | 23.80% | 4.10% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Clorox one-year net profit margin: 10.4%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 0.4 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Cleaning Products group: 2.3 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 10.4% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 10.0% | | Industry | 8.1% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
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