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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000021665-24-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:11:45.521491+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate Q3 net sales +2.4%, organic +6.8%; GAAP EPS $0.90; skin health moved to North America segment

## Summary
- Net sales $5,033M (+2.4% YoY); organic sales +6.8%; GAAP EPS $0.90 (+5%); Base Business EPS $0.91 (+6%).
- Gross profit margin expanded 260 bps to 61.1% (GAAP) and 270 bps to 61.3% (Base Business).
- Full year 2024 guidance updated; global toothpaste market share 41.6%, toothbrush 32.3% year to date.
- Skin health business realigned from Europe to North America segment effective July 1; recast historical segment data provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021665-24-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166524000042/0000021665-24-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166524000042/cl-20241025.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-24-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-24-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-24-000042.txt

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