secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK:        0000021665
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-31T11:58:00+00:00
Accession:  0000021665-26-000041
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Colgate Q2 net sales up 4.9% to $5.36B; GAAP EPS down 5% to $0.86, Base Business EPS up 8% to $0.99
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- Net sales $5,361M (+4.9% YoY); organic sales +2.4% (includes -0.4% from private label pet food).
- GAAP EPS $0.86 (-5% YoY); Base Business EPS $0.99 (+8% YoY).
- GAAP gross margin expanded 140 bps to 61.5%; operating cash flow $1,742M YTD.
- Global toothpaste market share 41.3% YTD; manual toothbrush share 32.7%.
- Maintained sales and GAAP EPS guidance; updated gross margin and Base Business EPS guidance for FY2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166526000041/0000021665-26-000041-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166526000041/cl-20260731.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-26-000041

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