Clorox (CLX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Clorox's (CLX) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 62.17% in Q1 2026, up 449.0% year-on-year from 11.32% in Q1 2025, and up 13.35% quarter-over-quarter from 54.85% in Q4 2025.

Clorox (CLX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clorox's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 62.17% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 449.0% year-over-year to 62.17% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 62.17%, a 449.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 52.66%, up 1160.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed rose to 62.17% in Q1 2026 per CLX's latest filing, from 54.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 62.17% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 32.74% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 41.75% (2024), against an average of 45.08%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 1548 bps in 2022 and surged 1611 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 33.48% in 2022, then gained by 28 bps to 42.98% in 2023, then climbed by 18 bps to 50.91% in 2024, then increased by 8 bps to 54.85% in 2025, then increased by 13 bps to 62.17% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CLX Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 62.17% (Q1 2026), 54.85% (Q4 2025), and 53.29% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 22.49%
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - 9.90%
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 30.32%
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 12.45%
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 24.16%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 3.12%
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 14.22%
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 62.17%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -5.54%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 3.64%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 62.17%
Dec 31, 2025 54.85%
Sep 30, 2025 53.29%
Jun 30, 2025 54.40%
Mar 31, 2025 57.68%
Dec 31, 2024 50.91%
Sep 30, 2024 50.01%
Jun 30, 2024 41.75%
Mar 31, 2024 41.57%
Dec 31, 2023 42.98%
Sep 30, 2023 39.60%
Jun 30, 2023 40.03%
Mar 31, 2023 37.66%
Dec 31, 2022 33.48%
Sep 30, 2022 33.55%
Jun 30, 2022 32.74%
Mar 31, 2022 39.63%
Dec 31, 2021 42.68%
Sep 30, 2021 49.03%
Jun 30, 2021 47.24%