---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T07:25:50.142539+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate Q4 organic sales +8.5%; GAAP EPS $2.13 (-16%) on Filorga impairment

## Summary
- Q4 net sales +5.0%, organic sales +8.5%, with growth in every division and category.
- Full year net sales $17,967M (+3.0%), organic sales +7.0% – fourth consecutive year above 3–5% target.
- GAAP EPS $2.13, down 16% YoY, driven by goodwill/intangibles impairment charges on Filorga skin health business.
- Base Business (non-GAAP) EPS $2.97, down 7% YoY, in line with full-year guidance.
- Management cites revenue growth management and productivity initiatives funding increased innovation and advertising.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/21665/000115752323000106/0001157523-23-000106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752323000106/a53291858.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000106.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On January 27, 2023, Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its earnings for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752323000106/0001157523-23-000106-index.htm

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