Valuation
26% of the score
74median 53
Clorox is valued at 16.8x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
16.8x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
CLXClorox
$86.39-24% 1Y
$86.39
$80.4152 weeks$125.58
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 64 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. Clorox scores higher than 66% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by the balance sheet.
Consumer Defensive median 63 · all companies 55
Return on capital
18% of the score
81median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 16% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
16%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 15%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
55median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 4 cents. New capital earned 31%, and 14% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
4.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
61median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
735%
-3%
-0.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 4.2% a year, sales -1.8%
4312%
-2%
6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
51median 63
Today's operating margin of 14% is 1.17x its normal 12%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 14%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
30median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA4.3x a year of EBITDA
64.5x
0.5x
4.3x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 7x
531.5x
12x
7x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
78median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.36x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.4x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 0.4% of assets
628%
0%
-8%
-0.4%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.44
71-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.44
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2026.
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