Clorox Co vs General Dynamics Corporation — how do they compare? Clorox Co trades at $107 (market cap $13.09B), while General Dynamics Corporation trades at $391.11 (market cap $106.03B). The key difference: General Dynamics Corporation is far larger — about 8.1× Clorox Co's market cap, and Clorox Co pays the higher dividend (4.62%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CLX | GD | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.09B | $106.03B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Industrials |
52-Week High | $127.16 | $395.97 |
52-Week Low | $86.12 | $312.53 |
Enterprise Value | $18.47B | $111.17B |
Dividend Yield | 4.62% | 1.62% |
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With a history dating back more than 100 years, Clorox now plays in a variety of categories across the consumer products space, including cleaning supplies, laundry care, trash bags, cat litter, charcoal, food dressings, water-filtration products, and natural personal-care products. Beyond its namesake brand, the firm's portfolio includes Liquid-Plumr, Pine-Sol, S.O.S, Tilex, Kingsford, Fresh Step, Glad, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, Brita, and Burt's Bees. Just shy of 85% of Clorox's sales stem from its home turf.
Read more on CLX →General Dynamics is a defense contractor and business jet manufacturer. The firm's segments include aerospace, combat systems, marine, and technologies. The company's aerospace segment creates Gulfstream business jets. Combat system produces land-based combat vehicles, such as the M1 Abrams tank. The marine subsegment creates nuclear-powered submarines, among other things. The technologies segment contains two main units, an IT business that primarily serves the government market and a mission systems business that focuses on products that provide command, control, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the military.
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