---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000021076-24-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLX"
cik: "0000021076"
company_name: "CLOROX CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T11:41:37.910869+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clorox Q2 net sales +16% to $1.99B; adj. EPS $2.16 vs $0.98 YoY; cyber recovery ahead of schedule

## Summary
- Net sales $1.99B, up 16% YoY; organic sales +20% driven by volume rebuild from August cyberattack.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.75 (down 6%) includes $1.04 noncash pension settlement, $0.19 digital investment, $0.16 cyber costs.
- Adjusted EPS $2.16, up 120% YoY; gross margin 43.5% (+730 bps) on pricing, cost savings, and volume absorption.
- Health & Wellness segment net sales +25% (volume +22%); Household +9%; Lifestyle +21%; International +9%.
- YTD operating cash flow $173M (-55%); free cash flow $97M vs $299M prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021076-24-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLX
- cik: 0000021076
- company_name: CLOROX CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107624000008/0000021076-24-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107624000008/clx-20240201.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021076-24-000008
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021076-24-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CLOROX CO /DE/ reported the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended Dec. 31, 2023 results: EPS 75 cents.
  - Period: the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended Dec. 31, 2023
  - EPS: 75 cents
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 1, 2024 , The Clorox Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107624000008/0000021076-24-000008-index.htm

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