secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CLOROX CO /DE/ (CLX)
CIK:        0000021076
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000021076-25-000035
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107625000035/0000021076-25-000035-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000002107625000035/clx-20250731.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021076-25-000035

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