The best cleaning stocks depend on your portfolio and investment goals — while volatility can be ideal for day traders, long-term investors will want to look to stocks with steadier gains over time.
The top household products stocks included on this page all trade on the S&P 500, have an analyst recommendation of "Buy" or better and are sorted by year-to-date performance.
The Procter & Gamble Company provides branded consumer packaged goods worldwide. It operates through five segments: Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care. The Beauty segment offers conditioners, shampoos, styling aids, and treatments under the Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Pantene, and Rejoice brands; and antiperspirants and deodorants, personal cleansing, and skin care products under the Olay, Old Spice, Safeguard, Secret, and SK-II brands.
Procter-and-Gamble Company stock opened the day at $168.32 after a previous close of $168.00. The latest price was $167.51 (25-minute delay). Procter-and-Gamble Company is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD84.1 billion and employs 107,000 staff.
The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The Health and Wellness segment offers cleaning products, such as laundry additives and home care products primarily under the Clorox, Clorox2, Scentiva, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, Tilex, and Formula 409 brands; professional cleaning and disinfecting products under the CloroxPro and Clorox Healthcare brands; professional food service products under the Hidden Valley brand; and vitamins, minerals and supplement products under the RenewLife, Natural Vitality, NeoCell, and Rainbow Light brands in the United States.
The Clorox Company stock opened the day at $133.29 after a previous close of $132.80. The latest price was $133.83 (25-minute delay). The Clorox Company is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$7.2 billion and employs 8,100 staff.
Church & Dwight Co. , Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products.
Church-and-Dwight Company stock opened the day at $100.48 after a previous close of $100.35. The latest price was $100.21 (25-minute delay). Church-and-Dwight Company is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$5.9 billion and employs 5,550 staff.
Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. The Oral, Personal and Home Care segment offers toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, bar and liquid hand soaps, shower gels, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants and antiperspirants, skin health products, dishwashing detergents, fabric conditioners, household cleaners, and other related items.
Colgate-Palmolive Company stock opened the day at $97.09 after a previous close of $96.60. The latest price was $96.80 (25-minute delay). Colgate-Palmolive Company is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$19.8 billion and employs 34,000 staff.
Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through five segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment engages in the sale of hair care products, such as shampoo, conditioner, and styling; skin care products including face, hand, and body moisturizer; and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing products consist of the vitamins, minerals, and supplements.
Unilever PLC ADR stock opened the day at $60.07 after a previous close of $56.54. The latest price was $59.41 (25-minute delay). Unilever PLC ADR is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$59.6 billion and employs 128,377 staff.
Stepan Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells specialty and intermediate chemicals to other manufacturers for use in various end products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Surfactants, Polymers, and Specialty Products. The Surfactants segment offers surfactants that are used in consumer and industrial cleaning and disinfection products, including detergents for washing clothes, dishes, carpets, and floors and walls, as well as shampoos and body washes; and other applications, such as fabric softeners, germicidal quaternary compounds, disinfectants, and lubricating ingredients.
Stepan Company stock opened the day at $90.17 after a previous close of $89.42. The latest price was $90.42 (25-minute delay). Stepan Company is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.2 billion and employs 2,389 staff.
Johnson & Johnson, together with its subsidiaries, researches, develops, manufactures, and sells various products in the healthcare field worldwide. The company's Innovative Medicine segment offers products for various therapeutic areas, such as immunology, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis; infectious diseases comprising HIV/AIDS; neuroscience, consisting of mood disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, and schizophrenia; oncology, such as prostate cancer, hematologic malignancies, lung cancer, and bladder cancer; cardiovascular and metabolism, including thrombosis, diabetes, and macular degeneration; and pulmonary hypertension comprising pulmonary arterial hypertension through retailers, wholesalers, distributors, hospitals, and healthcare professionals for prescription use. Its MedTech segment provides Interventional Solutions, including electrophysiology products to treat heart rhythm disorders; the heart recovery portfolio, which includes technologies to treat severe coronary artery disease requiring high-risk PCI or AMI cardiogenic shock; and neurovascular care that treats hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke.
Johnson-and-Johnson stock opened the day at $156.48 after a previous close of $156.28. The latest price was $159.80 (25-minute delay). Johnson-and-Johnson is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$85.6 billion and employs 131,900 staff.
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the adhesive technologies and beauty care, and laundry and home care businesses worldwide. It operates in two segments, Adhesive Technologies and Consumer Brands segments.
Henkel AG-and-CoKGaA stock opened the day at €73.35 after a previous close of €73.60. The latest price was €72.10 (25-minute delay). Henkel AG-and-CoKGaA is listed on the XETRA, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around EUR$21.5 billion and employs 47,750 staff. All prices are listed in Euros.
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