---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-000956"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:32:27.998362+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate Q2 net sales up 9.5% to $4.26B; GAAP EPS $0.83 (+12%), base EPS $0.80 (+8%)

## Summary
- Net sales $4,260M (+9.5% YoY); organic sales growth +5.0%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.83 (+12%); Base Business EPS $0.80 (+8%).
- Gross profit margin 60.0% (-80bps); net cash from operations $1,225M in H1.
- Global toothpaste market share 39.3% YTD; manual toothbrush share 30.8%.
- Full-year 2021 financial guidance updated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-000956
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752321000956/0001157523-21-000956-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752321000956/a52468381.htm

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