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Clorox Co (Clorox Co) Current Ratio

: 0.89 (As of Dec. 2023)
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The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Clorox Co's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.89.

Clorox Co has a current ratio of 0.89. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Clorox Co has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clorox Co's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CLX' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.67   Med: 0.95   Max: 1.42
Current: 0.89

During the past 13 years, Clorox Co's highest Current Ratio was 1.42. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 0.95.

CLX's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
83.33% of 1902 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.65 vs CLX: 0.89

Clorox Co Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clorox Co's Current Ratio 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.

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Clorox Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Current Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.91 1.42 0.89 0.97 0.95

Clorox Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Current Ratio 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 0.86 0.87 0.95 0.86 0.89

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Clorox Co's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio 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 Current Ratio Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Clorox Co's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clorox Co's Current Ratio falls into.



Clorox Co Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Clorox Co's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Jun. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Jun. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Jun. 2023 )
=1828/1917
=0.95

Clorox Co's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=1804/2022
=0.89

* 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.


Clorox Co  (NYSE:CLX) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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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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