Benzinga | Oct 30, 2020 06:59AM EDT

Colgate-Palmolive Q3 EPS $0.79 Beats $0.70 Estimate, Sales $4.15B Beat $3.98B Estimate

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) reported quarterly earnings of $0.79 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.70 by 12.86 percent. This is a 11.27 percent increase over earnings of $0.71 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $4.15 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.98 billion by 4.35 percent. This is a 5.73 percent increase over sales of $3.93 billion the same period last year.