TTM
15.7%
YoY change
+6.37pp
Trough year (1991)
6.8%
Peak year (2003)
19.1%
Latest annual
16.6%
Operating Margin history chart for Clorox (CLX) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: 16.6%
Operating Margin change chart for Clorox (CLX) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: +6.37pp
Operating Margin history table for Clorox (CLX) from 1986 to 2025
| 2025 | 16.6% | +6.37pp | ||
| 2024 | 10.2% | -0.95pp | ||
| 2023 | 11.1% | +1.02pp | ||
| 2022 | 10.1% | -6.57pp | ||
| 2021 | 16.7% | -2.07pp | ||
| 2020 | 18.8% | +0.95pp | ||
| 2019 | 17.8% | -0.56pp | ||
| 2018 | 18.4% | -0.33pp | ||
| 2017 | 18.7% | +0.37pp | ||
| 2016 | 18.3% | +0.65pp | ||
| 2015 | 17.7% | +0.11pp | ||
| 2014 | 17.6% | +0.15pp | ||
| 2013 | 17.4% | +0.96pp | ||
| 2012 | 16.5% | -1.15pp | ||
| 2011 | 17.6% | -0.98pp | ||
| 2010 | 18.6% | -0.09pp | ||
| 2009 | 18.7% | +1.84pp | ||
| 2008 | 16.8% | -1.05pp | ||
| 2007 | 17.9% | +1.11pp | ||
| 2006 | 16.8% | -1.94pp | ||
| 2005 | 18.7% | -0.13pp | ||
| 2004 | 18.8% | -0.23pp | ||
| 2003 | 19.1% | +0.17pp | ||
| 2002 | 18.9% | +3.27pp | ||
| 2001 | 15.6% | -2.55pp | ||
| 2000 | 18.2% | +0.93pp | ||
| 1999 | 17.2% | +1.44pp | ||
| 1998 | 15.8% | +0.59pp | ||
| 1997 | 15.2% | -3.50pp | ||
| 1996 | 18.7% | +0.61pp | ||
| 1995 | 18.1% | +0.36pp | ||
| 1994 | 17.7% | -0.39pp | ||
| 1993 | 18.1% | +3.22pp | ||
| 1992 | 14.9% | +8.07pp | ||
| 1991 | 6.8% | -7.74pp | ||
| 1990 | 14.6% | -0.65pp | ||
| 1989 | 15.2% | -1.21pp | ||
| 1988 | 16.4% | +1.01pp | ||
| 1987 | 15.4% | -0.55pp | ||
| 1986 | 16.0% | — |
- 202516.6%+6.37pp
- 202410.2%-0.95pp
- 202311.1%+1.02pp
- 202210.1%-6.57pp
- 202116.7%-2.07pp
- 202018.8%+0.95pp
- 201917.8%-0.56pp
- 201818.4%-0.33pp
- 201718.7%+0.37pp
- 201618.3%+0.65pp
- 201517.7%+0.11pp
- 201417.6%+0.15pp
- 201317.4%+0.96pp
- 201216.5%-1.15pp
- 201117.6%-0.98pp
- 201018.6%-0.09pp
- 200918.7%+1.84pp
- 200816.8%-1.05pp
- 200717.9%+1.11pp
- 200616.8%-1.94pp
- 200518.7%-0.13pp
- 200418.8%-0.23pp
- 200319.1%+0.17pp
- 200218.9%+3.27pp
- 200115.6%-2.55pp
- 200018.2%+0.93pp
- 199917.2%+1.44pp
- 199815.8%+0.59pp
- 199715.2%-3.50pp
- 199618.7%+0.61pp
- 199518.1%+0.36pp
- 199417.7%-0.39pp
- 199318.1%+3.22pp
- 199214.9%+8.07pp
- 19916.8%-7.74pp
- 199014.6%-0.65pp
- 198915.2%-1.21pp
- 198816.4%+1.01pp
- 198715.4%-0.55pp
- 198616.0%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Clorox's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Clorox (CLX)
According to Clorox's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 15.7%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Clorox (CLX) operating margin is 16.57% – expanded 6.4 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual operating margin stands at 19.07%, reached in 2003; the historical low of 6.84% was recorded in 1991.
Clorox Operating Margin by Year
Clorox Operating Margin 2025: 16.6%
Clorox operating margin in 2025 was 16.57%, expanded 6.4 percentage points from 2024.
Clorox Operating Margin 2024: 10.2%
2024's operating margin for Clorox came in at 10.19%, contracted 0.9 percentage points from 2023.
Clorox Operating Margin 2023: 11.1%
Clorox posted operating margin of 11.14% in 2023, expanded 1.0 percentage points from 2022.
Clorox Operating Margin 2022: 10.1%
In 2022, Clorox reported operating margin of 10.12%, contracted 6.6 percentage points from 2021.
Clorox Operating Margin 2021: 16.7%
Clorox operating margin in 2021 was 16.69%.
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