Benzinga | Nov 2, 2020 08:10AM EST

Recap: Clorox Q1 Earnings



Shares of Clorox (NYSE:CLX) rose 2.6% in pre-market trading after the company reported Q1 results.

Quarterly Results

Earnings per share rose 102.52% year over year to $3.22, which beat the estimate of $2.32.

Revenue of $1,916,000,000 higher by 27.22% from the same period last year, which beat the estimate of $1,750,000,000.

Looking Ahead

The upcoming fiscal year's EPS expected to be between $7.70 and $7.95.

The upcoming fiscal year's revenue expected to be between $7,057,000,000 and $7,326,000,000.

Conference Call Details

Date: Nov 02, 2020

Time: 01:30 PM

ET Webcast URL: https://78449.choruscall.com/dataconf/productusers/clx/mediaframe/40970/indexr.html

Recent Stock Performance

52-week high: $239.87

52-week low: $144.31

Price action over last quarter: down 10.45%

Company Overview

With a history dating back more than 100 years, Clorox now sells a variety of consumer staples products, including cleaning supplies, laundry care, trash bags, cat litter, charcoal, food dressings, water-filtration products, and natural personal-care products. Beyond its namesake brand, the firm's portfolio includes Liquid-Plumr, Pine-Sol, SOS, Tilex, Kingsford, Fresh Step, Glad, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, Brita, and Burt's Bees. Just shy of 85% of Clorox's sales stem from its home turf.