---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000021076-25-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLX"
cik: "0000021076"
company_name: "CLOROX CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T22:31:25.376662+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clorox Q4 adj EPS $2.87 (+58% YoY); organic sales +8% on ERP pull-forward; provides FY26 outlook

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $2.0B (+4% GAAP, +8% organic); incremental ERP shipments contributed ~13-14 points to sales.
- Q4 adj EPS $2.87 vs $1.82 (+58%), including ~$0.85-0.95 benefit from ERP shipments.
- FY25 free cash flow $761M (10.7% of sales) vs $483M (6.8%) prior year; capex $220M.
- FY25 gross margin expanded 220 bps to 45.2% driven by cost savings of 190 bps.
- Management notes topline below expectations in H2; FY26 outlook provided but no specific numbers in release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021076-25-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLX
- cik: 0000021076
- company_name: CLOROX CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107625000035/0000021076-25-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107625000035/clx-20250731.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021076-25-000035
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021076-25-000035.txt

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