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Clorox Co (Clorox Co) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 24.58 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Clorox Co's share price is $143.20. Clorox Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.83. Hence, Clorox Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 24.58.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clorox Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

CLX' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.82   Med: 24.29   Max: 40.22
Current: 24.62

During the past 13 years, Clorox Co's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 40.22. The lowest was 16.82. And the median was 24.29.

CLX's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
66.88% of 1111 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 15.29 vs CLX: 24.62

Clorox Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.81. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $5.83.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Clorox Co was 0.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -0.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, Clorox Co's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 149.90% per year. The lowest was -31.60% per year. And the median was 5.45% per year.


Clorox Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clorox Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Clorox Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.28 21.68 24.24 32.65 21.24

Clorox Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.11 23.32 21.24 20.60 24.48

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Clorox Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Clorox Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Clorox Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clorox Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Clorox Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Clorox Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=143.20/5.825
=24.58

Clorox Co's Share Price of today is $143.20.
Clorox Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5.83.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Clorox Co  (NYSE:CLX) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Clorox Co (Clorox Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1221 Broadway, Oakland, CA, USA, 94612-1888
Since its inception more than 100 years ago, Clorox has grown to play in a variety of categories across the consumer products space, including cleaning supplies, laundry care, trash bags, cat litter, charcoal, food dressings, water-filtration products, and natural personal-care products. Beyond its namesake brand, the firm's portfolio includes Liquid-Plumr, Pine-Sol, S.O.S, Tilex, Kingsford, Fresh Step, Glad, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, Brita, and Burt's Bees. Just shy of 85% of Clorox's sales stem from its home turf.
Executives
Kevin B Jacobsen officer: SVP - Chief Financial Officer 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Shanique Bonelli-moore officer: VP - Chief Diversity & Soc Imp 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Mackay A D David director
Michael M Ott officer: SVP - Chief Research & Dev Off 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Stephanie Plaines director 200 E. RANDOLPH DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Julia Charter director 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Eric H Reynolds officer: SVP-Chief Marketing Officer 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Rebecca Dunphey officer: SVP & GM - Specialty Division 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Eric Sean Schwartz officer: SVP - Chief Marketing Officer 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Diego J Barral officer: SVP - GM, International 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Matthew Gregory officer: SVP - Chief Customer Officer 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Chris T Hyder officer: SVP, Cleaning & Prof Prod Div 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Laurene E Peck officer: VP - CAO & Corp Controller 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Angela C Hilt officer: SVP - Chief Legal Officer 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Richard T Mcdonald officer: SVP - Chief Product Supply Off 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612

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