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Clorox Co (Clorox Co) Quick Ratio

: 0.57 (As of Dec. 2023)
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The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Clorox Co's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.57.

Clorox Co has a quick ratio of 0.57. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

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

CLX' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36   Med: 0.62   Max: 1.1
Current: 0.57

During the past 13 years, Clorox Co's highest Quick Ratio was 1.10. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.62.

CLX's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
77.76% of 1902 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.025 vs CLX: 0.57

Clorox Co Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clorox Co's Quick 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
Quick Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.55 1.10 0.52 0.54 0.59

Clorox Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Quick 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 0.47 0.51 0.59 0.54 0.57

Competitive Comparison

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

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

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



Clorox Co Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

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

Quick Ratio (A: Jun. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1828-696)/1917
=0.59

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

Quick Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1804-655)/2022
=0.57

* 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) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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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