Clorox (CLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Clorox (CLX) reported Tax Rate of 16.43% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), down 6.94 percentage points from 23.36% a year earlier and down 5.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Clorox (CLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, Clorox's Tax Rate came in at 22.33%, up 2.00 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), it came in at 24.02%, up 0.46 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +3.91 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Tax Rate came in at 23.56% in FY2025 (-3.07 pp), 26.63% in FY2024 (-5.72 pp), 32.35% in FY2023 (+9.95 pp) and 22.41% in FY2022 (+2.29 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q1 2024.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in three of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.88 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q1 2025 (a gain of 28.01 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2026 (a drop of 18.44 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 21.60% (Q4 2026), 25.39% (Q3 2026) and 25.12% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 389.52 Bn | 341.08 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 21.04% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.87 Bn | 72.35 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 23.55% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 40.86 Bn | 27.95 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 32.46% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 29.39% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.57 Bn | 32.51 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 20.17% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.26 Bn | 24.65 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 21.96% |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.68 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 16.43% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.96 Bn | 5.78 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 30.22% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.15 Bn | 4.85 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 23.68% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.60 Bn | 1.80 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 28.05% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 16.43% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 21.60% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 25.39% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 25.12% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 23.36% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.05% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 24.80% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 18.14% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 41.81% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.64% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 29.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.79% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.63% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 21.54% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.00% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 19.38% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 24.00% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 22.58% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 22.70% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.99% |
Clorox Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CLX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "CLX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CLX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();