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let's check in with benno dorer, the chairman and ceo of clorox. welcome back to "mad money." >> it's good to be back, jim. >> benno, i'm trying to figure out the narrative. i'm trying to figure out whether you guys were more down beat than the analysts. i heard a lot of about price inflation of commodities. i heard a lot about competition. i heard about not wanting to lose share. i did not hear enough about the great growth areas that i think are sustaining the company in a period where a lot of companies aren't doing as well as yours. so i'm giving ah chance to they're the narrative on air. >> thanks for that opportunity, jim. indeed, the highlight of this quarter was the very strong top line growth that we've seen. we have a lot of growth in an environment where growth is so hard to come by. we've shown 8% volume growth. we've shown 4% sales growth, 6% currency neutral on top of a strong year-ago 3% sales growth, and we've been able to convert that sales growth into 3% earnings growth on top of a very strong 20% earnings growth last year. i feel

benno dorer is a great executive. stock is down, and i find it similar what people say macro concerns when it comes to clorox, but this has been a continual theme. these stocks the consumer staples have had macro issues. there are a lot of other things clorox does, i think the world's going to use ultimate floor, that's what i use, actually dupont makes a lot of this stuff. do you know what ultimate floor is? >> no. ultimate floor? >> you got to spend a day with me get up at 3:45. >> are we going shopping or help you clean? >> there therebywill be a three- >> last night was my wife's birthday, brought home kentucky fried chicken, everybody was happy. >> definitely going to kfc after all this. >> something with bleach apparently. >> more on the election as it continues to impact the markets and we'll continue to talk to spencer rascoff on the heels of sill zill zillow's earnings. is it because so many go after it the same way? chasing after short term returns. instead if getting caught up with the crowd, the investment