Clorox (CLX) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Clorox's (CLX) quarterly Research & Development came in at $27.0 million in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from $27.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 6.9% quarter-over-quarter from $29.0 million in Q4 2025.

Clorox (CLX) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clorox's Research & Development history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $27.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development changed 0.0% year-over-year to $27.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $116.0 million, a 4.92% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $121.0 million, down 3.97% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development declined to $27.0 million in Q1 2026 per CLX's latest filing, from $29.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $38.0 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at $27.0 million in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $32.0 million (2022), against an average of $31.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development dropped 24.44% in 2022 and advanced 12.9% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $33.0 million in 2022, then retreated by 3.03% to $32.0 million in 2023, then dropped by 3.12% to $31.0 million in 2024, then declined by 6.45% to $29.0 million in 2025, then fell by 6.9% to $27.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CLX Research & Development figures stand at $27.0 million (Q1 2026), $29.0 million (Q4 2025), and $28.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn -
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn -
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn -
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn -
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn -
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn -
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 27.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -127.81 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 27.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 29.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 28.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 32.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 27.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 31.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 31.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 33.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 32.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 32.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 29.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 38.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 35.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 33.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 32.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 34.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 31.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 34.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 33.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 45.00 Mn