Clorox Company (The) — Earnings Quality Grade F
CLX · Consumer Defensive
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 41 days, change +7 days YoY
AR growth 22.2% exceeds revenue growth 0.2%
Revenue 0.2%, CFFO 41.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory -17.9% vs COGS -3.8%. Normal
CapEx growth 3.8% vs revenue 0.2%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 58.9%. Normal
Gross margin 45.2%, change +2.3pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.21. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.8B, FCF/NI = 0.94
Accruals ratio = -3.1%. Low accruals
Cash $0.2B covers only 6% of debt $2.9B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.8B = 559% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 2.1x. Healthy
Other assets 2.4% vs revenue 0.2%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -6% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.47 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10