Clorox Co (NYSE: CLX) is -16.88% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $127.60 and a high of $171.37 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CLX stock was last observed hovering at around $133.41 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.58%.
Currently trading at $134.99, the stock is -2.20% and -4.90% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.57 million and changing 1.18% at the moment leaves the stock -12.62% off its SMA200. CLX registered -4.45% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.21%.
The stock witnessed a -3.21% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.47%, and is -2.05% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.08% over the week and 2.37% over the month.
Clorox Co (CLX) has around 8000 employees, a market worth around $16.64B and $7.02B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.24 and Fwd P/E is 19.71. Profit margin for the company is 9.89%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.79% and -21.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (24.51%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 14.28% this year
The shares outstanding are 123.25M, and float is at 122.85M with Short Float at 3.40%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 15.32 million shares valued at $2.09 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.3356 of the CLX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 10.91 million shares valued at $1.49 billion to account for 8.7848 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 7.94 million shares representing 6.3915 and valued at over $1.08 billion, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.4114 of the shares totaling 2.99 million with a market value of $407.56 million.
Clorox Co (CLX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Breber Pierre R, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Breber Pierre R bought 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 07 ’25 at a price of $136.57 per share for a total of $0.55 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 4000.0 shares.
Clorox Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 10 ’25 that Marriner Kirsten (EVP – Chief People Officer) sold a total of 7,494 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 10 ’25 and was made at $151.62 per share for $1.14 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 27038.0 shares of the CLX stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 11 ’25, Marriner Kirsten (EVP – Chief People Officer) disposed off 733 shares at an average price of $150.00 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 26,305 shares of Clorox Co (CLX).
