Every material Form 8-K Colgate-Palmolive filed with the SEC in 2024, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
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%.
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
Colgate-Palmolive reported first-quarter 2024 net sales of $5,065 million, up 6.2%, and GAAP diluted EPS of $0.83, up 84% from $0.45. The company raised its full-year 2024 net sales and organic sales growth guidance, which supports the outlook for shareholders.
Net sales rose 6.2% to $5,065 million; organic sales rose 9.8%.
GAAP diluted EPS was $0.83 versus $0.45; Base Business EPS (non-GAAP) was $0.86 versus $0.73.
Full-year 2024 net sales growth guidance raised to 2% to 5% from 1% to 4%; organic sales growth guidance raised to 5% to 7% from 3% to 5%.
Net cash provided by operations was $681 million for the first three months of 2024.
Colgate-Palmolive's board elected Brian Newman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Parcel Service, to its board, effective March 15, 2024. Director Stephen I. Sadove, 72, will retire at the end of his current term under the company's mandatory retirement policy and will not stand for reelection at the May 10, 2024 annual meeting.
Brian Newman, 55, joins the board effective March 15, 2024; he has been with UPS since 2019 and previously spent 26 years at PepsiCo.
Newman will receive non-employee director compensation under the program described in the proxy statement filed March 29, 2023.
Stephen I. Sadove, 72, will leave the board at the end of his current term, per the mandatory retirement policy.
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders is scheduled for May 10, 2024.
Colgate-Palmolive reported fourth-quarter 2023 net sales of $4,950 million, up 7.0% from a year earlier, and GAAP diluted EPS of $0.87 versus $0.01, which lapped 2022 impairment charges. For full year 2023, net sales rose 8.5% to $19,457 million and GAAP diluted EPS rose 30% to $2.77. The company guided 2024 net sales growth of 1% to 4% and double-digit GAAP EPS growth.
4Q 2023 net sales $4,950 million, up 7.0%; diluted EPS $0.87 versus $0.01 in 4Q 2022
Full-year 2023 net sales $19,457 million, up 8.5%; diluted EPS $2.77 versus $2.13
2024 guidance: net sales growth of 1% to 4% and double-digit GAAP EPS growth, including a low-single-digit negative foreign exchange impact
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