Clorox (CLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Clorox (CLX) reported Tax Rate of 21.60% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 3.55 percentage points from 18.05% a year earlier but down 3.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Clorox (CLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Clorox posted Tax Rate of 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).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of -19.05% in fiscal Q3 2024 and a high of 41.81% in fiscal Q1 2025.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +6.46 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q3 2025 (a gain of 43.85 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2024 (a drop of 33.74 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at 25.39% (Q3 2026), 25.12% (Q2 2026) and 23.36% (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 334.70 Bn | 290.68 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 21.66% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 67.39 Bn | 62.44 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 24.32% |
| 3 | Kenvue | 33.10 Bn | 28.72 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 23.75% |
| 4 | Estee Lauder Companies | 32.68 Bn | 20.76 Bn | 2.74 Bn | - |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 31.38 Bn | 28.70 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 37.94% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.32 Bn | 20.85 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 20.75% |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.75 Bn | 8.19 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 21.60% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.14 Bn | 5.11 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 29.38% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.62 Bn | 4.29 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 23.28% |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.58 Bn | 3.39 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 23.55% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 21.39% |
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_KEY
import 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();