Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CLX scored 53.9, BTI scored 50.3 — CLX leads.
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Different reporting periods. CLX's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BTI's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
CLX
The Clorox Company
Household & Personal Products · Quality-Growth
53.9
$83.80 · $10.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.6
CLX leads
BTI
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Tobacco · Quality-Growth
50.3
$55.50 · $119.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBTI14.2x
Fastest growthBTI-1.0%
Highest qualityCLX79 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueBTI-1%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CLX
stronger →← stronger
BTI
79
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
74
31
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
28
64
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
71
CLX is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CLX
BTI
$405mC
FCF
$8.9bB+
-5.4%D
Rev
-1.0%D+
—
D/E
0.72B
17.4xB
P/E
14.2xA-
1.04B+
PEG
1.40B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CLX
BTI
19% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
1% below
~6%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~1%/yr
-13%
1-yr DCF upside
+6%
-16%
5-yr DCF upside
+1%
-21%
10-yr DCF upside
-6%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CLX
No notable signals flagged.
BTI
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Foreign reporter (GBP)
The companies
CLXThe Clorox Company
Household & Personal Products · $83.80 · beta 0.57
Why now
Household & Personal Products · market cap $10.1b. Down 35% from 52-week high of $128.90 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -5% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $99.59 (implying +19% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Revenue contracting -5% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Down 35% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Dividend payout 103% of earnings on a 6.0% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
BTIBritish American Tobacco p.l.c.
Tobacco · $55.50 · beta 0.10
Why now
Tobacco · market cap $119.4b. 18% off the 52-week high of $67.30. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $70.43 (implying +27% upside).
Moat
Net margin 30% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 106% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Dividend payout 84% of earnings on a 6.0% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where CLX and BTI diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.6 points in favor of CLX. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueCLX 63.5 · BTI 71.0BTI +7.5
QualityCLX 79.4 · BTI 74.1CLX +5.3
GrowthCLX 31.1 · BTI 28.2level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CLX or BTI the better stock?
CLX scores higher: CLX 53.9, BTI 50.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CLX and BTI differ most?
The widest gap is value, where BTI leads by 8 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are CLX and BTI scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.