Clorox (CLX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Clorox's (CLX) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.92 in Q1 2026, down 241.21% year-on-year from 0.65 in Q1 2025, and down 265.2% quarter-over-quarter from 0.56 in Q4 2025.

Clorox (CLX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clorox's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.92 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 241.21% year-over-year to 0.92 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.6, a 112.19% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.02, down 98.29% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio eased to 0.92 in Q1 2026 per CLX's latest filing, from 0.56 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 5.37 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 75.0 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.74 (2024), against an average of 3.97.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio plunged 6927.59% in 2023 and surged 547.05% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.88 in 2022, then soared by 68.72% to 1.49 in 2023, then fell by 19.41% to 1.2 in 2024, then plunged by 53.41% to 0.56 in 2025, then tumbled by 265.2% to 0.92 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CLX FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.92 (Q1 2026), 0.56 (Q4 2025), and 5.37 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.84
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 0.54
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 1.14
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 1.30
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 0.41
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.45
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn -0.92
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.92
Dec 31, 2025 0.56
Sep 30, 2025 5.37
Mar 31, 2025 0.65
Dec 31, 2024 1.20
Sep 30, 2024 0.83
Jun 30, 2024 0.58
Mar 31, 2024 1.18
Dec 31, 2023 1.49
Sep 30, 2023 -75.00
Jun 30, 2023 -1.22
Mar 31, 2023 0.52
Dec 31, 2022 0.88
Sep 30, 2022 1.10
Jun 30, 2022 -1.61
Mar 31, 2022 0.86
Dec 31, 2021 1.16
Sep 30, 2021 -12.91
Jun 30, 2021 0.49
Mar 31, 2021 0.76