Clorox Co (CLX) is gearing up for another turning point as it hit the volume of 1.37 million

On Tuesday, Clorox Co (NYSE: CLX) was -0.15% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $130.29. A 52-week range for CLX has been $129.19 – $171.37.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 2.68%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 14.19%. With a float of $122.85 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $123.25 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 8000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 45.13%, operating margin of 18.45%, and the pretax margin is 13.43%.

Clorox Co (CLX) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Clorox Co stocks. The insider ownership of Clorox Co is 0.32%, while institutional ownership is 83.09%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 07 ’25, was worth 546,285. In this transaction Director of this company bought 4,000 shares at a rate of $136.57, taking the stock ownership to the 4,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 10 ’25, when Company’s EVP – Chief People Officer sold 7,494 for $151.62, making the entire transaction worth $1,136,251. This insider now owns 27,038 shares in total.

Clorox Co (CLX) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.55 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 14.19% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.66% during the next five years compared to -18.70% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Clorox Co (NYSE: CLX) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Clorox Co (CLX) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.44. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.28. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.02.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.57, a number that is poised to hit 2.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.83 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Clorox Co (CLX)

Looking closely at Clorox Co (NYSE: CLX), its last 5-days average volume was 1.61 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.53 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 18.79%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.55.

During the past 100 days, Clorox Co’s (CLX) raw stochastic average was set at 3.01%, which indicates a significant decrease from 13.84% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 17.49% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 25.27% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $138.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $153.95. However, in the short run, Clorox Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $130.82. Second resistance stands at $131.54. The third major resistance level sits at $132.44. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $129.20, it is likely to go to the next support level at $128.30. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $127.58.

Clorox Co (NYSE: CLX) Key Stats

There are 123,253K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 16.03 billion. As of now, sales total 7,093 M while income totals 280,000 K. Its latest quarter income was 1,668 M while its last quarter net income were 186,000 K.