How The Clorox Company stacks up

CLX · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

78/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #40 of 152 · scores higher than 73% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

18 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including CLX · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 78?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.

a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 66% of peers. Return on invested capital: 12.3% vs peer median 7.7%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 73% of peers. Operating margin: 13.2% vs peer median 7.6%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 87% of peers. Return on assets: 9.3% vs peer median 4.0%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = CLX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	CLX	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported	12.3%	8.4%	63%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported	13.2%	5.9%	74%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported	9.3%	4.3%	81%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported	163.8%	10.2%	99%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported	42.3%	35.5%	65%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around CLX

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Altria Group, Inc.MO · US-listed	128.5B USD	99	46
1	Philip Morris International Inc.PM · US-listed	324.2B USD	99	54
1	Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · US-listed	843M USD	99	88
4	The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO · US-listed	3.5B USD	98	73
5	National Beverage Corp.FIZZ · US-listed	3.4B USD	97	54
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37	Church & Dwight Co., Inc.CHD · US-listed	25.9B USD	80	53
38	Embotelladora Andina S.A.AKO-A · US-listed	3.9B USD	79	64
38	Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.OLLI · US-listed	5.3B USD	79	71
40	American Public Education, Inc.APEI · US-listed	775M USD	78	65
40	The Clorox CompanyCLX · US-listed	11.3B USD	78	35
40	Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.KOF · US-listed	24.5B USD	78	52
43	New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.EDU · US-listed	7.8B USD	76	83
43	Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc.NATR · US-listed	212M USD	76	72
45	Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NVBUD · US-listed	159.8B USD	74	40

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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