Clorox (CLX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Clorox (CLX) recorded quarterly EBIT Margin of 27.9% in Q1 2026, up 8.31% quarter-over-quarter from 25.76% in Q4 2025, and up 93.0% on a YoY basis from 14.46% in Q1 2025.

Clorox (CLX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clorox's EBIT Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 27.9% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBIT Margin rose 93.0% year-over-year to 27.9%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 26.39% (down 146.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 27.7%, up 296.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 27.9% for Q1 2026 at Clorox, up from 25.76% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 30.64% in Q2 2024 to a low of 16.38% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, EBIT Margin has averaged 24.06% across 5 years, with a median of 24.52% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: EBIT Margin soared 1172 bps in 2024, then tumbled 773 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 17.78% in 2022, then soared by 45 bps to 25.73% in 2023, then fell by 2 bps to 25.33% in 2024, then rose by 2 bps to 25.76% in 2025, then increased by 8 bps to 27.9% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 27.9% (Q1 2026), 25.76% (Q4 2025), and 20.36% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 21.55%
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - 8.80%
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 18.11%
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 19.62%
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 18.09%
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 6.71%
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 19.81%
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 27.90%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn -11.20%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 27.90%
Dec 31, 2025 25.76%
Sep 30, 2025 20.36%
Jun 30, 2025 29.98%
Mar 31, 2025 26.98%
Dec 31, 2024 25.33%
Sep 30, 2024 28.09%
Jun 30, 2024 30.64%
Mar 31, 2024 23.87%
Dec 31, 2023 25.73%
Sep 30, 2023 16.38%
Jun 30, 2023 24.52%
Mar 31, 2023 23.71%
Dec 31, 2022 17.78%
Sep 30, 2022 19.14%
Jun 30, 2022 21.65%
Mar 31, 2022 21.28%
Dec 31, 2021 16.74%
Sep 30, 2021 22.20%
Jun 30, 2021 20.14%