---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000509"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:49:13.928937+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate Q1 net sales up 1.5%, organic sales +4%; GAAP EPS $0.66 down 18% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $4.399B (+1.5% YoY); organic sales growth 4.0%.
- GAAP EPS $0.66 (-18% YoY); Base Business EPS $0.74 (-8%).
- Gross profit margin down 220 bps to 58.5% on both GAAP and base business.
- Net cash from operations $386M for first quarter; updated full-year 2022 guidance.
- Global toothpaste market share 39.2%; manual toothbrush 30.7%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000509
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752322000509/0001157523-22-000509-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752322000509/a52701060.htm

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