Colgate-Palmolive Company Announces 4th Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL):

Full Year

• Net sales and Organic sales* increased 1.4%, including a 0.7% negative impact from lower private label pet volume
• GAAP EPS declined 25% to $2.63, driven by goodwill and intangible assets impairment charges related to the skin health business
• Base Business EPS* increased 3% to $3.69
• Net cash provided by operations was a record $4,198 for the full year
• Returned $2.9 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases

Fourth Quarter

• Net sales increased 5.8%; Organic sales* increased 2.2%, including a 0.9% negative impact from lower private label pet volume
• GAAP EPS declined 106% to $(0.05), driven by goodwill and intangible assets impairment charges related to the skin health business
• Base Business EPS* increased 4% to $0.95
• GAAP Gross profit margin and Base Business Gross profit margin* both decreased 10 basis points to 60.2%
• Colgate's leadership in toothpaste continued with its global market share at 41.3% year to date
• Colgate's leadership in manual toothbrushes continued with its global market share at 32.4% year to date

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) today reported results for fourth quarter and full year 2025. Noel Wallace, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented on the Base Business fourth quarter and full year results, "We are pleased to have exited 2025 with accelerated growth momentum on both the top and bottom lines, even in the face of sluggish category growth in many markets. Net sales and organic sales grew in every category during the quarter, led by strength in oral care and pet nutrition, excluding private label.

"Our 2025 performance highlights the resilience of our business model and the strength of our brands. Through the successful execution of our 2025 strategy, we have grown our company significantly over the last five years despite many challenges. Our new 2030 strategy builds on that success. We have laid out a clear path to accelerate our growth going forward with a focus on leveraging the global reach and penetration of our brands, building the incremental benefit of superior, science-based innovation, harnessing the power of best-in-class omni-channel demand generation, leading in capabilities like data, analytics and AI and evolving our high-impact, inclusive culture.

"As we begin 2026, while we expect the difficult operating environment and slower category growth to continue in the short term, we are operating from a position of strength and are confident that the changes we are making will enable us to deliver consistent, compounded earnings per share growth and drive shareholder value in the long term."

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Impairment

During the fourth quarter, the Company took a non-cash, after-tax charge of $794 million to adjust the carrying values of goodwill and intangible assets related to the skin health business. Given lower than expected category growth rates and weaker than expected performance, particularly in China, the Company has lowered its outlook for the skin health business, primarily Filorga. The Company is taking the appropriate actions to improve performance and continues to believe in the growth prospects of the business.

Full Year 2026 Guidance

Based on current spot rates and including the estimated impact of tariffs announced and finalized as of January 28, 2026:

• The Company expects net sales to be up 2% to 6%, including a low-single-digit positive impact from foreign exchange.
• The Company expects organic sales growth to be 1% to 4%. This includes an approximately 20 basis point impact from our exit from the private label pet food business.
• On a GAAP basis, the Company expects gross profit margin expansion with advertising up on both a dollar basis and as a percentage of net sales and double-digit earnings per share growth.
• On a non-GAAP (Base Business) basis, the Company expects gross profit margin expansion with advertising up on both a dollar basis and as a percentage of net sales and low to mid-single-digit earnings per share growth.

Divisional Performance

The following are comments about divisional performance for fourth quarter 2025 versus the year ago period. See attached "Table 6 - Geographic Sales Analysis Percentage Changes" and "Table 5 - Segment Information" for additional information on net sales and operating profit by division.

Prepared Materials and Webcast Information

At approximately 7:00 a.m. ET today, the Company will post its prepared materials regarding fourth quarter and full year 2025 results to the Investor Center section of its website at https://investor.colgatepalmolive.com/events-and-presentations.

At 8:30 a.m. ET today, the Company will host a conference call regarding fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. To access this call as a webcast, please go to Colgate-Palmolive's website at www.colgatepalmolive.com.

About Colgate-Palmolive

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, Ajax, Axion, Darlie, elmex, EltaMD, Fabuloso, Filorga, hello, Hill's Prescription Diet, Hill's Science Diet, Irish Spring, Lady Speed Stick, meridol, PCA SKIN, Prime100, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Sorriso, Soupline, Speed Stick, Suavitel and Tom's of Maine. We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water and improving children's oral health through our Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program, which has reached approximately two billion children and their families since 1991. For more information about Colgate-Palmolive and how we make more smiles, visit www.colgatepalmolive.com. CL-E

The Company's annual meeting of stockholders is currently scheduled for Friday, May 8, 2026.

Market Share Information

Management uses market share information as a key indicator to monitor business health and performance. References to market share in this press release are based on a combination of consumption and market share data provided by third-party vendors, primarily Nielsen, and internal estimates. Except as otherwise noted, all market share references represent the percentage of the dollar value of sales of our products, relative to all product sales in the category in the countries in which the Company competes and purchases data (excluding Venezuela from all periods).

Market share data is subject to limitations on the availability of up-to-date information. In particular, market share data is currently not generally available for certain retail channels, such as eCommerce and certain club retailers and discounters. The Company measures year-to-date market shares from January 1 of the relevant year through the most recent period for which market share data is available, which typically reflects a lag time of one or two months. The Company believes that the third-party vendors it uses to provide data are reliable, but it has not verified the accuracy or completeness of the data or any assumptions underlying the data. In addition, market share information reported by the Company may be different from market share information reported by other companies due to differences in category definitions, the use of data from different countries, internal estimates and other factors.

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and the related prepared materials and webcast may contain forward-looking statements (as that term is defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its rules, regulations and releases) that set forth anticipated results based on management's current plans and assumptions. Such statements may relate, for example, to sales or volume growth, net selling price increases, organic sales growth, profit or profit margin levels, earnings per share levels, financial goals, category growth rates, the impact of foreign exchange, the impact of developments in global trade relations and tariffs, the impact of geopolitical events and tensions, wars and military conflicts, such as in Ukraine, the Middle East and Venezuela, cost reduction plans (including the Strategic Growth and Productivity Program), tax rates, interest rates, new product introductions, digital capabilities, commercial investment levels, acquisitions, divestitures, share repurchases or legal or tax proceedings, among other matters. These statements are made, except as otherwise noted with respect to tariffs, on the basis of the Company's views and assumptions as of January 30, 2026. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law or by the rules and regulations of the SEC. Moreover, the Company does not, nor does any other person, assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these statements. The Company cautions investors that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual events or results may differ materially from those statements. For more information about factors that could impact the Company's business and cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements, investors should refer to the Company's filings with the SEC (including, but not limited to, the information set forth under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and subsequent filings with the SEC). Copies of these filings may be obtained upon request from the Company's Investor Relations Department or on the Company's website at www.colgatepalmolive.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The following provides definitions and other information regarding the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release and the related prepared materials and webcast, which may not be the same as or comparable to similar measures presented by other companies:

• Base Business: Base Business refers to non-GAAP measures of operating results that exclude certain items. Base Business operating results exclude, as applicable, goodwill and intangible assets impairment charges, charges resulting from the ERISA litigation matter and the restructuring programs (Strategic Growth and Productivity Program in 2025 and 2022 Global Productivity Initiative in 2024) and acquisition-related costs.
• Organic sales growth: Net sales growth excluding the impact of foreign exchange, acquisitions and divestments.
• Free cash flow before dividends: Net cash provided by operations less Capital expenditures.

This press release and the related prepared materials and webcast discuss Net sales growth (GAAP) and Organic sales growth (non-GAAP). Management believes the organic sales growth measure provides investors and analysts with useful supplemental information regarding the Company's underlying sales trends by presenting sales growth excluding the external factor of foreign exchange as well as the impact from acquisitions and divestments. See "Geographic Sales Analysis Percentage Changes" for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025 versus 2024 included with this release for a comparison of Organic sales growth to Net sales growth in accordance with GAAP.

Gross profit, Gross profit margin, Selling, general and administrative expenses, Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of Net sales, Other (income) expense, net, Operating profit, Operating profit margin, Non-service related postretirement costs, Effective income tax rate, Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company and Diluted earnings per common share are disclosed on both an as reported (GAAP) and Base Business (non-GAAP) basis. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude items that, either by their nature or amount, management would not expect to occur as part of the Company's normal business on a regular basis, such as restructuring charges, charges for certain litigation and tax matters, acquisition-related costs, gains and losses from certain divestitures and certain other unusual, non-recurring items. Investors and analysts use these financial measures in assessing the Company's business performance, and management believes that presenting these financial measures on a non-GAAP basis provides them with useful supplemental information to enhance their understanding of the Company's underlying business performance and trends. These non-GAAP financial measures also enhance the ability to compare period-to-period financial results. See "Non-GAAP Reconciliations" for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 included with this release for a reconciliation of these financial measures to the related GAAP measures.

The Company uses these financial measures internally in its budgeting process, to evaluate segment and overall operating performance and as factors in determining compensation. While the Company believes that these financial measures are useful in evaluating the Company's underlying business performance and trends, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

As management uses free cash flow before dividends to evaluate the Company's ability to satisfy current and future obligations, pay dividends, fund future business opportunities and repurchase stock, the Company believes that it provides useful information to investors. Free cash flow before dividends is not a measure of cash available for discretionary expenditures since the Company has certain non-discretionary obligations such as debt service that are not deducted from the measure. See "Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows" for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 for a comparison of free cash flow before dividends to Net cash provided by operations as reported in accordance with GAAP.

(See attached tables for fourth quarter and full year results.)