Clorox (CLX) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

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

• In Q1 2026, Operating 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.
• Operating Margin was 27.9% for Q1 2026 at Clorox, up from 25.76% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 30.64% in Q2 2024 to a low of 16.38% in Q3 2023.
• Historically, Operating 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: Operating Margin soared 1172 bps in 2024, then tumbled 773 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating 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 Operating Margin figures came in at 27.9% (Q1 2026), 25.76% (Q4 2025), and 20.36% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.