---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-21-001938"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLX"
cik: "0000021076"
company_name: "CLOROX CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:32:07.186248+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clorox Q4 EPS sinks 68%, sales fall 9%; FY margins contract sharply

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.81, down 68% YoY; full-year diluted EPS down 24%.
- Q4 net sales declined 9% with organic sales down 10%; Health & Wellness segment sales down 17%.
- Gross margin in Q4 fell to 37.1% from 46.8% a year ago, driven by higher commodity and supply-chain costs.
- Full-year free cash flow $945M vs $1,292M prior year; capital expenditures $331M.
- Company delivered over $120M in cost savings; e-commerce nearly doubled in two years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-21-001938
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLX
- cik: 0000021076
- company_name: CLOROX CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677421001938/0001206774-21-001938-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677421001938/clorox3938801-8k.htm

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