08.02.18
The Clorox Company reported sales growth of 3% for its fourth quarter, which ended June 30, 2018. For fiscal year 2018, the company reported sales growth of 3%.
"I'm pleased to finish fiscal year 2018 with increases in sales and earnings, another solid performance on top of strong year-ago results," said Clorox chairman and CEO Benno Dorer. "We continue to deliver growth in a tough cost environment behind robust innovation that's providing superior value to our consumers and helping expand our brands into more households."
Cleaning product sales rose 3%. Segment sales growth was driven largely by gains in home care, with another quarter of record shipments of Clorox disinfecting wipes behind strong back-to-school merchandising support and gains from the CloroxScentiva platform with the introduction of bathroom products. Segment sales results were reduced by about 2 percentage points from the Aplicare divestiture, which drove the sales decrease in the professional products business, according to Clorox. Excluding the Aplicare impact, the professional products business delivered strong sales growth. Pretax earnings growth was driven mainly by lower advertising and sales promotion spending, higher sales and the benefit of cost savings, partially offset by higher commodity costs.
Clorox’s lifestyle unit, which includes the company’s natural personal care operations, saw a 21% sales increase, driven primarily by Clorox’s Nutranext acquisition.
International sales rose2% sales decrease
In fiscal year 2018, Clorox delivered sales growth of 3% driven by robust product innovation and 1 percentage point of benefit from the Nutranext acquisition, partially offset by nearly 1 percentage point of negative impact from the Aplicare divestiture.
"I'm pleased to finish fiscal year 2018 with increases in sales and earnings, another solid performance on top of strong year-ago results," said Clorox chairman and CEO Benno Dorer. "We continue to deliver growth in a tough cost environment behind robust innovation that's providing superior value to our consumers and helping expand our brands into more households."
Cleaning product sales rose 3%. Segment sales growth was driven largely by gains in home care, with another quarter of record shipments of Clorox disinfecting wipes behind strong back-to-school merchandising support and gains from the CloroxScentiva platform with the introduction of bathroom products. Segment sales results were reduced by about 2 percentage points from the Aplicare divestiture, which drove the sales decrease in the professional products business, according to Clorox. Excluding the Aplicare impact, the professional products business delivered strong sales growth. Pretax earnings growth was driven mainly by lower advertising and sales promotion spending, higher sales and the benefit of cost savings, partially offset by higher commodity costs.
Clorox’s lifestyle unit, which includes the company’s natural personal care operations, saw a 21% sales increase, driven primarily by Clorox’s Nutranext acquisition.
International sales rose2% sales decrease
In fiscal year 2018, Clorox delivered sales growth of 3% driven by robust product innovation and 1 percentage point of benefit from the Nutranext acquisition, partially offset by nearly 1 percentage point of negative impact from the Aplicare divestiture.