Clorox posts higher profit, stands by 2013 view
Earnings rose to $133 million, or $1.01 per share, in the first quarter ended on September 30, up from $130 million, or 98 cents per share, a year earlier.
Sales rose 3 percent to $1.34 billion, while the volume of goods sold declined 1 percent.
Clorox, whose other products include Kingsford charcoal and Brita water filters, said it still expected to earn $4.20 to $4.35 per share in fiscal 2013 and that sales would rise 2 percent to 4 percent. (Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Chicago; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)