COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL): restructuring charge — Colgate-Palmolive Q3 net sales up 2% to $5.13B, EPS $0.91; announces $200-300M restructuring program

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO

2025-Q3 EPS reported $2.67 vs consensus $0.92 ▲ beat (+191.8%)

Net sales $5.13B (+2% YoY); organic sales +0.4% reflecting exit of non-strategic pet business.
GAAP EPS $0.91 (+1%); Base Business EPS flat; gross margin decreased 170 bps to 59.4%.
Updated FY2025 organic sales growth guidance; maintained EPS guidance.
New productivity program: $200-300M pre-tax charges (65-75% severance), substantially all incurred by Dec 2028.

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Restructurings & Charges SEC 8-K Item 2.05/2.06 confidence 0.9

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO announced a restructuring with charges of $200 and $300 million affecting North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa/Eurasia, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Corporate.

Type: restructuring
Charge: $200 and $300 million
Affected area: North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa/Eurasia, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Corporate

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the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new three-year productivity program to drive future growth and support the Company’s 2030 strategy (the “Strategic Growth and Productivity Program”). The program includes initiatives to better align the Company’s organizational structure to support its strategic initiatives, optimize the Company’s global supply chain to drive agility and efficiencies and simplify and streamline its organizational structure to reduce overhead costs. The Strategic Growth and Productivity Program is estimated to result in cumulative pre-tax charges, once all initiatives are approved and implemented, totaling between $200 and $300 million

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