Recap: Clorox Q2 Earnings

Clorox CLX reported its Q2 earnings results on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 04:15 PM.

Here's what investors need to know about the announcement.

Clorox missed estimated earnings by 21.43%, reporting an EPS of $0.66 versus an estimate of $0.84, which surprised analysts.

Revenue was up $151.00 million from the same period last year.

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by $0.18, which was followed by a 1.22% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Clorox's past performance:

Quarter	Q1 2022	Q4 2021	Q3 2021	Q2 2021
EPS Estimate	1.03	1.36	1.48	1.77
EPS Actual	1.21	0.95	1.62	2.03
Revenue Estimate	1.70B	1.92B	1.87B	1.75B
Revenue Actual	1.81B	1.80B	1.78B	1.84B

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Clorox management provided guidance for their next quarter, expecting earnings between $4.25 and $4.5 per share for the next quarter.

This represents a 562.88% in quarter-over-quarter growth for Clorox, a bullish signal to many investors.

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