secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK:        0000021665
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000021665-25-000005
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Colgate FY 2024 sales top $20B for first time; EPS up 27%; organic sales +7.4%
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- Net sales $20.1B, up 3.3% YoY; organic sales growth 7.4% despite 0.5% negative impact from private label pet volume.
- GAAP EPS $3.51 (+27%); Base Business (non-GAAP) EPS $3.60 (+11%).
- Net cash from operations $4.11B, up 10% vs 2023.
- Returned $3.4B to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166525000005/0000021665-25-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166525000005/cl-20250131.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-25-000005

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