The short answer
Clorox is DOUBTFUL in ZakatInvest's qualitative classification, and its current asset-based financial result is FAIL. Debt and notes payable are 63.36% of total assets, above the 33% limits used in the examined FTSE Yasaar, MSCI and Malaysia calculations.
This is a reproducible research screen, not a fatwa or investment recommendation. Readers should apply their school's principles and consult a qualified scholar for a binding ruling.
Current quantitative Sharia screen
Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-31; calculated 2026-07-13.
4,078 / 6,436
1,187 / 6,436
1,858 / 6,436
4 / 1,670
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt is 63.36%, above the examined 33.333% FTSE asset limit. Liquidity is 18.44%, receivables plus cash are 28.87%, and disclosed interest income is 0.24%; debt is decisive.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt is 63.36%, above the examined MSCI total-assets limit, while liquidity is 18.44% and receivables plus cash are 28.87%. This is a calculation against the named method, not an index-membership claim.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt is 63.36%, above the examined 33% Malaysia SAC financial limit; liquidity is 18.44%. This is a calculation against SAC ratios, not an official classification of a U.S.-listed security.
- Financial
- Not calculated
- Overall
- Not calculated
A properly licensed and reproducible historical market-cap series is not stored, so these methods are not estimated from a current spot price.
Business-activity disclosure
Clorox manufactures cleaning, disinfecting, household, food-storage, charcoal, pet-care, personal-care, water-filtration and food products. These are generally permissible at the activity level, while individual formulations, gelatin and non-consumable alcohol-related ingredient questions require qualitative review.
Limitation: The filing does not allocate a universal prohibited-revenue numerator by ingredient, product certification or downstream use; no exact prohibited-revenue percentage is asserted.
Purification
Clorox discloses interest income but does not prescribe a scholar-approved purification percentage. Readers should follow the qualified scholar or methodology they use rather than applying an invented fixed rate.
Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
- Inputs use Clorox's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q; amounts are USD millions and revenue and interest income are for the quarter.
- Debt uses $1,591 million of notes and loans payable plus $2,487 million of long-term debt; operating lease liabilities are not added separately.
- Cash uses $1,187 million of cash and cash equivalents. No separate marketable-securities balance is reported in the current balance sheet.
- Receivables use $671 million of net receivables. Inventories and prepaid and other current assets are not added.
- Quarterly revenue is $1,670 million and disclosed interest income is $4 million. The screen does not infer a fixed purification rate.
This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.
Current quantitative screen
The calculations use Clorox's official filing at the SEC (third-quarter fiscal 2026 Form 10-Q). Amounts are in USD millions and use total assets as the denominator.
- Interest-bearing debt / assets: 63.36%, using $1,591 million of notes and loans payable plus $2,487 million of long-term debt.
- Cash / assets: 18.44%, using $1,187 million of cash and cash equivalents.
- Receivables plus cash / assets: 28.87%, using $671 million of net receivables plus cash.
- Disclosed interest income / revenue: 0.24% for the quarter. No fixed purification percentage is prescribed here.
All three examined asset-based financial calculations fail on debt. Market-cap denominator methods are not calculated because ZakatInvest does not store a licensed, reproducible historical market-cap series. This is a calculation against named methods, not an official index-membership claim.
Clorox's business activity
Clorox sells cleaning and disinfecting products, household and food-storage products, charcoal, pet-care products, personal-care products, water-filtration products and food products. These are generally permissible at the activity level, while individual formulations, gelatin and non-consumable alcohol-related ingredient questions require separate review.
Qualitative considerations
- Renew Life: some supplement capsules use gelatin and require consumer-level ingredient review.
- Cleaning ingredients: some products contain alcohol-based or other ingredients scholars may assess differently; this is not automatically a corporate prohibited-revenue screen.
- Cyberattack: the 2023 cyberattack, remediation and insurance-recovery disclosures remain business-quality and operational diligence topics.
- Capital structure: notes payable, long-term debt, refinancing and acquisition-related borrowing are material to the current financial screen.
- Stewardship: sourcing, labor, packaging, nutrition and environmental impacts remain broader ethical-diligence topics.
Purification and the verdict
Clorox discloses interest income, but the filing does not prescribe a scholar-approved purification percentage. Follow the qualified scholar or methodology you use rather than applying an invented fixed rate.
Clorox remains DOUBTFUL in ZakatInvest's qualitative classification, and its current quantitative result is FAIL because debt is 63.36% of assets. Revisit the record when Clorox files new statements or materially changes leverage, refinancing, operations, product mix or its disclosures.
Use the quantitative screen alongside your school's principles and consult a qualified scholar before investing.
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