---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-24-000119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T16:45:47.992070+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate-Palmolive FY 2023 net sales +8.5%; GAAP EPS $2.77 (+30%)

## Summary
- Full-year 2023 net sales $19.5B, +8.5%; organic sales also +8.5%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $2.77, up 30% YoY; Base Business diluted EPS $3.23, up 9%.
- 4Q 2023 net sales and organic sales both +7.0% YoY.
- Advertising spend increased 19% in 2023; higher investment expected in 2024.
- Organic sales growth in all divisions and categories for fifth consecutive year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-24-000119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2024-01-26T23:59:59+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/21665/000115752324000119/0001157523-24-000119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752324000119/a53887925.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-24-000119.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO reported the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $19,457, EPS $2.77.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $19,457
  - EPS: $2.77
  - Result: reported results
  source text: in fourth quarter 2022 Base Business EPS* increased 9% to $3.23 Full Year Total Company Results (GAAP) ($ in millions except per share amounts) 2023 2022 Change Net Sales $19,457 $17,967 +8.5% EPS (diluted) $2.77 $2.13 +30% Full Year Total Company Results (Base Business - Non-GAAP)* ($ in millions except per share amounts) 2023 2022 Change Organic Sales
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000115752324000119/0001157523-24-000119-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.