The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) Holdings Lifted by Integral Investment Advisors Inc.

Integral Investment Advisors Inc. grew its position in The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) by 4.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 1,718 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Integral Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Clorox were worth $279,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Insight Folios Inc increased its stake in Clorox by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Insight Folios Inc now owns 2,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $358,000 after buying an additional 63 shares during the period. HCR Wealth Advisors increased its stake in Clorox by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. HCR Wealth Advisors now owns 6,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,116,000 after buying an additional 68 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in Clorox by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,823 shares of the company’s stock valued at $297,000 after buying an additional 78 shares during the period. Aviance Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in Clorox by 2.7% in the 3rd quarter. Aviance Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,080 shares of the company’s stock valued at $502,000 after buying an additional 80 shares during the period. Finally, Lindbrook Capital LLC increased its stake in Clorox by 9.9% in the 3rd quarter. Lindbrook Capital LLC now owns 977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 78.53% of the company’s stock.

Clorox Stock Performance

NYSE:CLX opened at $157.41 on Friday. The Clorox Company has a 1 year low of $127.60 and a 1 year high of $171.37. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $157.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $159.85. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 20.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.39 billion, a PE ratio of 43.01, a PEG ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.42.

Clorox (NYSE:CLX) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.39 by $0.16. Clorox had a net margin of 6.38% and a return on equity of 316.87%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.16 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that The Clorox Company will post 7.15 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on CLX. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Clorox from $157.00 to $161.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of Clorox from $145.00 to $155.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. DA Davidson dropped their price target on shares of Clorox from $171.00 to $169.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $150.00 price target on shares of Clorox in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, TD Cowen upgraded shares of Clorox from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $155.00 to $170.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Clorox currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $158.21.

Clorox Profile

The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The Health and Wellness segment offers cleaning products, such as laundry additives and home care products primarily under the Clorox, Clorox2, Scentiva, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, Tilex, and Formula 409 brands; professional cleaning and disinfecting products under the CloroxPro and Clorox Healthcare brands; professional food service products under the Hidden Valley brand; and vitamins, minerals and supplement products under the RenewLife, Natural Vitality, NeoCell, and Rainbow Light brands in the United States.