secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK:        0000021665
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-23-001178
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Colgate reports Q2 GAAP EPS down 17% to $0.60; Base Business EPS up 7% to $0.77
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- Net sales $4,822M (+7.5% YoY); organic sales +8.0% with growth in every division.
- GAAP gross margin +80bps to 57.8%; Base Business gross margin also 57.8% (incl. -70bps from pet food acquisitions).
- Net cash from operations $1,457M in H1 2023.
- Global toothpaste market share 40.5%; manual toothbrushes 30.4% YTD.
- Company updated full-year 2023 financial guidance.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752323001178/0001157523-23-001178-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752323001178/a53488140.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001178

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