secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CLOROX CO /DE/ (CLX)
CIK:        0000021076
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000021076-22-000015
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Clorox Q3 FY2022: Net sales +2% to $1.8B; gross margin down 760 bps; adjusted EPS down 19%
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- Net sales rose 2% to $1.8B; organic sales also up 2% vs flat prior year.
- Gross margin fell 760 bps to 35.9% on higher manufacturing, logistics, and commodity costs.
- Diluted EPS of $1.21 vs a loss of $0.49; adjusted EPS down 19% to $1.31.
- YTD free cash flow $279M, down 58% from $661M in prior-year period.
- Health & Wellness sales down 3%; Household +6%; Lifestyle +4%; International +1%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107622000015/0000021076-22-000015-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107622000015/clx-20220502.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021076-22-000015

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