secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK:        0000021665
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-22-001421
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Colgate Q3 net sales +1% to $4.455B; organic +7%; EPS down 9% on FX
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- Net sales $4.455B (+1% YoY); organic sales growth 7% across all divisions and categories.
- GAAP EPS $0.74 (-1%), Base Business EPS $0.74 (-9%); FX translation reduced EPS by $0.05.
- Gross profit margin fell 220 bps to 57.2% due to cost inflation.
- Global toothpaste share 39.7%, manual toothbrush share 31.6% YTD.
- Company updated full-year 2022 financial guidance.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752322001421/0001157523-22-001421-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752322001421/a52954567.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-001421

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