Clorox (CLX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Clorox's (CLX) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.39 in Q1 2026, down 14.22% year-on-year from 0.45 in Q1 2025, and down 12.75% quarter-over-quarter from 0.44 in Q4 2025.

Clorox (CLX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clorox's Debt Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.39 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 14.22% year-over-year to 0.39 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.39, a 14.22% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.45, up 3.54% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio eased to 0.39 in Q1 2026 per CLX's latest filing, from 0.44 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.45 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.39 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.43 (2023), against an average of 0.42.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio fell 17.49% in 2022 and advanced 9.16% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.41 in 2022, then grew by 2.44% to 0.42 in 2023, then grew by 6.11% to 0.45 in 2024, then decreased by 0.52% to 0.44 in 2025, then declined by 12.75% to 0.39 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CLX Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.39 (Q1 2026), 0.44 (Q4 2025), and 0.45 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.29
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - 0.40
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 0.48
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 0.32
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 0.41
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 0.37
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.27
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 0.39
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn 0.01
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 0.35

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.39
Dec 31, 2025 0.44
Sep 30, 2025 0.45
Jun 30, 2025 0.45
Mar 31, 2025 0.45
Dec 31, 2024 0.45
Sep 30, 2024 0.45
Jun 30, 2024 0.43
Mar 31, 2024 0.43
Dec 31, 2023 0.42
Sep 30, 2023 0.41
Jun 30, 2023 0.42
Mar 31, 2023 0.43
Dec 31, 2022 0.41
Sep 30, 2022 0.40
Jun 30, 2022 0.40
Mar 31, 2022 0.39
Dec 31, 2021 0.40
Sep 30, 2021 0.44
Jun 30, 2021 0.49