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Erin Lash
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Clorox Poised to Boost Investments to Support Edge, With Tax Savings No Longer Hidden in the Valley

On the surface, wide-moat Clorox’s underlying performance in the fiscal second quarter was ho-hum, with organic sales edging up 1% and adjusted gross and operating margins compressing 170 basis points (to 43%) and 30 basis points (to 17.3%), respectively. However, the company is poised to realize a significant windfall following recently enacted U.S. corporate tax reform, which prompted management to issue revised earnings per share guidance of $6.17-$6.37 versus prior expectations of $5.47-$5.6...
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