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Clorox Co (Clorox Co) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 35.29 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Clorox Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-30), Clorox Co's current share price is $147.87. Clorox Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.19. Clorox Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 35.29.

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

CLX' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 27.81   Med: 73.29   Max: 8737
Current: 35.51

During the past years, Clorox Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 8737.00. The lowest was 27.81. And the median was 73.29.

CLX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
98.87% of 1237 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.33 vs CLX: 35.51

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Clorox Co's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.427. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $4.19 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Clorox Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clorox Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Clorox Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 78.50 89.51 55.45 35.13 37.62

Clorox Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 33.88 37.90 37.62 30.93 34.00

Competitive Comparison of Clorox Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Clorox Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB 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's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Clorox Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Clorox Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Clorox Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=147.87/4.19
=35.29

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Clorox Co's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.427/129.4194*129.4194
=0.427

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Clorox Co Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 0.412 99.695 0.535
201406 1.196 100.560 1.539
201409 1.306 100.428 1.683
201412 2.146 99.070 2.803
201503 2.305 99.621 2.994
201506 0.917 100.684 1.179
201509 0.924 100.392 1.191
201512 1.531 99.792 1.986
201603 2.003 100.470 2.580
201606 2.296 101.688 2.922
201609 2.245 101.861 2.852
201612 2.106 101.863 2.676
201703 3.137 102.862 3.947
201706 4.201 103.349 5.261
201709 4.592 104.136 5.707
201712 5.876 104.011 7.311
201803 6.464 105.290 7.945
201806 5.673 106.317 6.906
201809 5.305 106.507 6.446
201812 5.793 105.998 7.073
201903 6.107 107.251 7.369
201906 4.448 108.070 5.327
201909 4.383 108.329 5.236
201912 4.439 108.420 5.299
202003 5.519 108.902 6.559
202006 7.195 108.767 8.561
202009 8.847 109.815 10.426
202012 9.417 109.897 11.090
202103 5.975 111.754 6.919
202106 3.347 114.631 3.779
202109 2.995 115.734 3.349
202112 2.545 117.630 2.800
202203 3.250 121.301 3.468
202206 4.515 125.017 4.674
202209 2.643 125.227 2.731
202212 2.600 125.222 2.687
202303 0.024 127.348 0.024
202306 1.777 128.729 1.787
202309 -0.298 129.860 -0.297
202312 0.427 129.419 0.427

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Clorox Co  (NYSE:CLX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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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