secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK:        0000021665
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-21-001285
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Colgate Q3 net sales +6.5%, GAAP EPS down 7% to $0.75; base EPS +3% to $0.81
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- Net sales $4,414M (+6.5%), organic sales growth +4.5%.
- GAAP EPS $0.75 (↓7% YoY); Base Business EPS $0.81 (↑3% YoY).
- GAAP gross profit margin fell 180 bps to 59.4%.
- Net cash from operations $2,219M for 9 months; full-year guidance reaffirmed.
- Global toothpaste market share 39.5%; manual toothbrushes 31.0% year-to-date.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752321001285/0001157523-21-001285-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752321001285/a52517651.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001285

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