CLX The Clorox Company
Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
89.00
+0.37%
About the company
The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The company home care cleaning and disinfecting products and laundry additives, skin sanitization and cleaning products, professional cleaning and disinfecting products, and professional food service products under the Clorox, Clorox2, Pine-Sol, Scentiva, Tilex, Liquid-Plumr, Formula 409, Purell, GOJO, CloroxPro, Clorox Healthcare, Hidden Valley, Poett, Clorinda, and Chux brands. It also provides bags and wraps, cat litter, and grilling products under the Glad, Fresh Step, Scoop Away, Kingsford, and Ever Clean brands; and dressings, dips, seasonings, sauces, water-filtration products, and natural personal care products under the Brita and Burt's Bees brands. The company sells its products through mass retailers; grocery outlets; warehouse clubs; dollar stores; home hardware centers; drug, pet, and military stores; third-party and owned e-commerce channels; distributors; and other retail outlets through direct sales force. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
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Dividend deep dive
The Clorox Company, a Consumer Defensive firm in the Household & Personal Products sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 5.97%. This is significantly above its 5-year average yield of 3.21%, and well above its 5-year high of 3.82%. The company has an overall rating score of 7.0. Its momentum score is 0.0, indicating a poor recent price trend, while its value score is 5.0, suggesting a neutral valuation relative to peers. The stock's price is currently $83.8, while its 52-week high was $128.9.
Dividend history
Clorox has a dividend increase streak of 23 years, qualifying it as a CCC Contender. Over the past three years, the dividend has grown at a CAGR of 1.68%, and over five years, at 2.54%. The dividend per share has steadily increased from $2.90 in 2014 to $4.76 in 2023, with projected dividends of $4.84 for 2024 and $4.92 for 2025. This consistent, albeit slow, growth indicates a commitment to shareholder returns. The dividend doubling time is 28.3 years based on a 2.54% CAGR.
Dividend safety
The dividend safety for Clorox is currently flagged as "at_risk." The payout ratio stands at 103.95%, indicating that the company is paying out more in dividends than it earns, which is unsustainable long-term.
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