Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning. Welcome to today's Colgate-Palmolive first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. This call is being recorded and is being simulcast live at www.colgate-palmolive.com. Now for opening remarks, I'd like to turn this call over to Executive Vice President, Investor Relations, Claire Ross. Thank you, Drew. Good morning and welcome to our first quarter 2026 earnings release conference call. This is Clay Ross, Executive Vice President, Investor Relations. Today's conference call will include forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from these statements. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties and are made on the basis of our views and assumptions at this time. Please refer to the earnings press release and our most recent filings with the SEC, including our 2025 annual report on Form 10-K, and subsequent SEC filings, all available on our website for a discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements. These remarks also include a discussion of non-GAAP financial measures, which exclude certain items from reported results, including those identified in Tables 3 and 6 of the first quarter earnings press release. A full reconciliation to the corresponding GAAP financial measures and related definitions are included in the earnings press release. Joining me on the call this morning are Noel Wallace, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Stan Sutula, Chief Financial Officer, and John Fauché, EVP, M&A, and Special Projects. Noel will provide you with his thoughts on our results and our 2026 outlook. We will then open it up for Q&A. Thanks, Claire, and good morning, everyone. We're pleased with how we started the year as we delivered strong top and...