---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-23-001174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLX"
cik: "0000021076"
company_name: "CLOROX CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T05:04:22.038306+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clorox warns Q1 net sales down ~25% on cyber attack; sees adjusted EPS loss up to $0.40

## Summary
- Preliminary Q1 FY2024 net sales expected down 28% to 23% YoY; organic sales down 26%–21% vs prior mid-single-digit growth.
- Gross margin expected down YoY; diluted EPS loss $0.75–$0.35; adjusted EPS loss $0.40–$0.00, driven by cyber attack.
- August cybersecurity attack caused wide-scale order processing delays and product outages; automated ordering resumed Sept 25.
- Ongoing but lessening operational impacts expected in Q2; full FY2024 outlook to be provided on November earnings call.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-23-001174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLX
- cik: 0000021076
- company_name: CLOROX CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001174/0001206774-23-001174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001174/clx4249171-8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-23-001174.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CLOROX CO /DE/ reported first fiscal quarter of 2024 / first quarter of fiscal 2024 / three months ended Sept. 30, 2023 results: revenue Net sales are expected to decrease by 28% to 23% from the year-ago quarter, EPS Diluted net earnings per share (diluted EPS) is expected to be between a loss of $0.75 to a loss of $0.35.
  - Period: first fiscal quarter of 2024 / first quarter of fiscal 2024 / three months ended Sept. 30, 2023
  - Revenue: Net sales are expected to decrease by 28% to 23% from the year-ago quarter
  - EPS: Diluted net earnings per share (diluted EPS) is expected to be between a loss of $0.75 to a loss of $0.35
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: 30, 2023, as well as an operations update following the previously announced cybersecurity attack that impacted the Company’s business. · Net sales are expected to decrease by 28% to 23% from the year-ago quarter. Organic sales are now expected to decrease by 26% to 21% for the quarter, compared to the Company’s prior expectations of mid-single-digits
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001174/0001206774-23-001174-index.htm

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