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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-001562"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T07:25:40.993290+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate-Palmolive Q3 2023: EPS $0.86 (+16% YoY), organic sales +9%, raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $4,915M, up 10.5%; organic sales +9.0% with growth in five out of six divisions.
- GAAP & Base Business EPS both $0.86, up 16% YoY; GAAP gross margin +130 bps to 58.5%.
- Net cash from operations $2,609M for 9 months, up 39% vs 2022.
- Global toothpaste market share 41.0%; manual toothbrush share 31.5% year-to-date.
- Full-year 2023 financial guidance raised.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-001562
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752323001562/0001157523-23-001562-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752323001562/a53698154.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001562.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001562.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO updated its the quarter ended September 30, 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 27, 2023, Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752323001562/0001157523-23-001562-index.htm

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