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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000958"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:04:35.707137+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate-Palmolive Q2 EPS falls 13% to $0.72; organic sales up 9%, guidance raised to 5-7%

## Summary
- Net sales $4.48B, up 5.5% YoY; organic sales growth 9.0% with gains in all divisions and categories.
- GAAP EPS $0.72 (down 13%); base business EPS $0.72 (down 10%) on 300 bps gross margin compression to 57.0%.
- Global toothpaste market share 39.6%; manual toothbrush share 31.3% year-to-date.
- Full-year 2022 organic sales growth guidance raised to 5%–7% from prior 4%–6%.
- Operating cash flow $914M for first six months of 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000958
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/21665/000115752322000958/0001157523-22-000958-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752322000958/a52794658.htm

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