Clorox (CLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Clorox (CLX) recorded quarterly Tax Rate of 25.39% in Q1 2026, up 1.09% quarter-over-quarter from 25.12% in Q4 2025, and up 59.0% on a YoY basis from 15.97% in Q1 2025.

Clorox (CLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clorox's Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 25.39% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 59.0% year-over-year to 25.39%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 22.06% (down 275.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 23.56%, down 307.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 25.39% for Q1 2026 at Clorox, up from 25.12% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 41.81% in Q3 2024 to a low of 19.05% in Q1 2024.
  • Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 20.51% across 5 years, with a median of 23.36% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Tax Rate slumped 3374 bps in 2024, then soared 4385 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 21.54% in 2022, then jumped by 37 bps to 29.41% in 2023, then tumbled by 38 bps to 18.14% in 2024, then soared by 38 bps to 25.12% in 2025, then climbed by 1 bps to 25.39% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 25.39% (Q1 2026), 25.12% (Q4 2025), and 23.36% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 20.83%
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - -
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 23.65%
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 29.46%
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 23.94%
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 50.28%
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 20.65%
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 25.39%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn 18.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 25.39%
Mar 31, 2026 25.39%
Dec 31, 2025 25.12%
Dec 31, 2025 25.12%
Sep 30, 2025 23.36%
Sep 30, 2025 23.36%
Jun 30, 2025 18.05%
Jun 30, 2025 18.05%
Mar 31, 2025 24.80%
Mar 31, 2025 24.80%
Dec 31, 2024 18.14%
Dec 31, 2024 18.14%
Sep 30, 2024 41.81%
Sep 30, 2024 41.81%
Jun 30, 2024 19.64%
Jun 30, 2024 19.64%
Mar 31, 2024 -19.05%
Mar 31, 2024 -19.05%
Dec 31, 2023 29.41%
Dec 31, 2023 29.41%