---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000021665-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:46:13.614619+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate Q1 net sales +6.2% to $5.07B; GAAP EPS $0.83 (+84%); raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $5,065M (+6.2% YoY); organic sales +9.8%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.83 (+84%); Base Business EPS $0.86 (+18%).
- Gross margin +310 bps to 60.0%; operating cash flow $681M.
- Global toothpaste share 41.3%; manual toothbrush share 31.7%.
- Company updated full-year 2024 financial guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021665-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166524000014/0000021665-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166524000014/cl-20240426.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-24-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-24-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-24-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $5,065, EPS $0.83.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $5,065
  - EPS: $0.83
  - Result: reported results
  source text: • The Company updated its financial guidance for full year 2024 First Quarter Total Company Results (GAAP) ($ in millions except per share amounts) 2024 2023 Change Net Sales $5,065 $4,770 +6.2 % EPS (diluted) $0.83 $0.45 +84 % First Quarter Total Company Results (Base Business - Non-GAAP)* 2024 2023 Change Organic Sales Growth +9.8 % Base Business EPS
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166524000014/0000021665-24-000014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.