secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CLOROX CO /DE/ (CLX)
CIK:        0000021076
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001206774-21-001938
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677421001938/0001206774-21-001938-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677421001938/clorox3938801-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-21-001938

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