The Clorox Company

CLX

The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company), based in Oakland, California, is an American global manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products, with approximately 8,700 employees worldwide, as of June 30, 2018. Net sales in the company's 2019 fiscal year were US$6.2 billion. Clorox ranked no. 468 on Fortune's 2018 Fortune 500 list.Clorox products are sold primarily through mass merchandisers, retail outlets, e-commerce channels, distributors, and medical supply providers. Clorox brands include its namesake bleach and cleaning products, as well as Burt's Bees, Formula 409, Glad, Hidden Valley, Kingsford, Kitchen Bouquet, KC Masterpiece, Liquid-Plumr, Brita (in the Americas), Mistolin, Pine-Sol, Poett, Green Works Cleaning Products, Soy Vay, RenewLife, Rainbow Light, Natural Vitality, Neocell, Tilex, S.O.S., and Fresh Step, Scoop Away, and Ever Clean pet products.

The Clorox Company has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 8.49% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (7.58%).