Growth Metrics

Clorox (CLX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Clorox has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.55% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.55% for Q4 2025, up 4.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.55% (up 4.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.53%, up 12.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.55% at Clorox, up from 0.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CLX hit a ceiling of 0.58% in Q1 2025 and a floor of 0.33% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.43% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.45%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: decreased -15bps in 2022 and later rose 16bps in 2025.
  • Clorox's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.43% in 2021, then decreased by -22bps to 0.33% in 2022, then increased by 28bps to 0.43% in 2023, then grew by 18bps to 0.51% in 2024, then grew by 8bps to 0.55% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.55% (Q4 2025), 0.53% (Q3 2025), and 0.54% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.