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Colgate-Palmolive’s Second-Quarter Revenue Rises Despite Volatile Market

2026-07-31·newswire-us-stock-180810
Colgate-Palmolive’s Second-Quarter Revenue Rises Despite Volatile Market.

Colgate-Palmolive’s second-quarter revenue rose 4.9% to $5.36 billion, while net income fell to $693 million, or $0.86 per share, from $743 million, or $0.91 per share, a year earlier. FactSet data showed adjusted earnings per share, excluding one-time items, were $0.99, above analysts’ expectation of $0.95. Revenue matched analysts’ expectations.

The company’s stock, identified by the ticker CL, fell 0.82% in the report. Colgate-Palmolive said net sales increased in every region except North America, where they declined 3%. Chief Executive Noel Wallace said the operating environment remains under pressure, but the company still delivered sales growth.

He expects market volatility to continue through the end of the year but remains confident in the company’s subsequent growth. Colgate-Palmolive raised its full-year earnings-per-share growth outlook.

The source says the company expects full-year EPS to increase but does not state the new growth range; its previous outlook called for growth in the low- to mid-single digits. The company maintained its full-year sales-growth outlook of 2% to 6%.

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Colgate-Palmolive’s Second-Quarter Revenue Rises Despite Volatile Market

Colgate-Palmolive’s second-quarter revenue rose 4.9% to $5.36 billion, while net income fell to $693 million, or $0.86 per share, from $743 million, or $0.91 per share, a year earlier. FactSet data showed adjusted earnings per share, excluding one-time items, were $0.99, above analysts’ expectation of $0.95. Revenue matched analysts’ expectations. The company’s stock, identified by the ticker CL, fell 0.82% in the report. Colgate-Palmolive said net sales increased in every region except North America, where they declined 3%. Chief Executive Noel Wallace said the operating environment remains under pressure, but the company still delivered sales growth. He expects market volatility to continue through the end of the year but remains confident in the company’s subsequent growth. Colgate-Palmolive raised its full-year earnings-per-share growth outlook. The source says the company expects full-year EPS to increase but does not state the new growth range; its previous outlook called for growth in the low- to mid-single digits. The company maintained its full-year sales-growth outlook of 2% to 6%.

Colgate-Palmolive’s second-quarter revenue rose 4.9% to $5.36 billion, while net income fell to $693 million, or $0.86 per share, from $743 million, or $0.91 per share, a year earlier.

FactSet data showed adjusted earnings per share, excluding one-time items, were $0.99, above analysts’ expectation of $0.95. Revenue matched analysts’ expectations.

The company’s stock, identified by the ticker CL, fell 0.82% in the report. Colgate-Palmolive said net sales increased in every region except North America, where they declined 3%.

Chief Executive Noel Wallace said the operating environment remains under pressure, but the company still delivered sales growth. He expects market volatility to continue through the end of the year but remains confident in the company’s subsequent growth.

Colgate-Palmolive raised its full-year earnings-per-share growth outlook. The source says the company expects full-year EPS to increase but does not state the new growth range; its previous outlook called for growth in the low- to mid-single digits. The company maintained its full-year sales-growth outlook of 2% to 6%.

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