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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000021665-25-000002"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2025-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T12:04:24.294466+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate Q3 organic sales +6.8%, GAAP EPS $0.90, gross margin 61.1%; skin health segment moved to North America

## Summary
- Net sales $5,033M (+2.4%), organic sales +6.8%; GAAP EPS $0.90 (+5%), Base Business EPS $0.91 (+6%).
- GAAP gross margin 61.1% (+260 bps); Base Business gross margin 61.3% (+270 bps).
- Global toothpaste market share 41.6%, manual toothbrush share 32.3% year-to-date.
- Effective July 1, 2024, skin health business moved from Europe to North America segment; historical recast provided, no impact on consolidated results.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021665-25-000002
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2025-01-24T23:59:59+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/21665/000002166525000002/0000021665-25-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166525000002/cl-20241025.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-25-000002.txt

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