Clorox (CLX) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Clorox's (CLX) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $256.0 million in Q1 2026, down 12.93% year-on-year from $294.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 12.03% quarter-over-quarter from $291.0 million in Q4 2025.

Clorox (CLX) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clorox's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $256.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses fell 12.93% year-over-year to $256.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $1.2 billion, a 3.12% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $1.2 billion, down 3.71% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses fell to $256.0 million in Q1 2026 per CLX's latest filing, from $291.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $367.0 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at $256.0 million in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $305.0 million (2023), against an average of $309.0 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses jumped 32.01% in 2023 and declined 17.98% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $315.0 million in 2022, then grew by 12.38% to $354.0 million in 2023, then dropped by 12.15% to $311.0 million in 2024, then fell by 6.43% to $291.0 million in 2025, then fell by 12.03% to $256.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CLX Operating Expenses figures stand at $256.0 million (Q1 2026), $291.0 million (Q4 2025), and $305.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 346.42 Bn 334.12 Bn 10.51 Bn 5.94 Bn
2 Unilever 134.34 Bn 123.86 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.55 Bn 72.22 Bn 3.23 Bn 2.08 Bn
4 Kenvue 37.30 Bn 37.19 Bn 2.30 Bn 1.52 Bn
5 Kimberly Clark 36.96 Bn 36.42 Bn 1.53 Bn -
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.85 Bn 26.73 Bn 2.84 Bn 2.59 Bn
7 Church & Dwight 23.39 Bn 22.88 Bn 681.40 Mn 251.00 Mn
8 Clorox 11.79 Bn 10.60 Bn 722.00 Mn 256.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.36 Bn 6.22 Bn 153.20 Mn -155.01 Mn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.81 Bn 4.52 Bn 326.45 Mn 319.14 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 256.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 291.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 305.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 328.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 294.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 311.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 312.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 301.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 333.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 354.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 305.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 367.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 346.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 315.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 293.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 278.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 264.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 275.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 269.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 305.00 Mn