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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Colgate-Palmolive (CL)

Colgate-Palmolive Q2 2024 EPS rises 48% to $0.89; raises organic sales guidance

Positive Impact 4 of 5 guidance Written later

Colgate-Palmolive reported second quarter 2024 net sales of $5,058 million, up 4.9%, and GAAP diluted EPS of $0.89, up 48% from $0.60. The company raised its full-year 2024 organic sales growth guidance to 6% to 8% and its Base Business EPS growth guidance to 8% to 11%.

Key points

  • Organic sales grew 9.0% in the quarter; Base Business EPS rose 18% to $0.91
  • GAAP gross profit margin rose 280 basis points to 60.6%
  • Full-year 2024 organic sales growth guidance raised to 6% to 8% from 5% to 7%
  • Net sales growth guidance of 2% to 5% unchanged, including a mid-single-digit negative foreign exchange impact

The filing

CompanyColgate-Palmolive (CL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 26, 2024, 8:00 AM ET
Accession number0000021665-24-000029

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 26, 2024.

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