DJ Clorox Co. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Clorox Co. $(CLX)$ slipped 1.57% to $82.21 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.22% to 7,801.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.66% to 51,179.87.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Clorox Co. closed 36.22% short of its 52-week high of $128.90, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) fell 0.40% to $147.82, Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ fell 0.97% to $278.10, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) fell 0.05% to $87.21.
Trading volume (2.1 M) remained 905,433 below its 50-day average volume of 3.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 7, 2026.