the estée lauder companies inc. - EL

EL

Close Chg Chg %
105.05 1.18 1.12%

Closed Market

106.22

+1.18 (1.12%)

Volume: 4.55M

Last Updated:

Aug 27, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: the estée lauder companies inc. - EL

EL Key Data

Open

$104.11

Day Range

103.74 - 108.38

52 Week Range

66.22 - 121.64

Market Cap

$37.93B

Shares Outstanding

361.80M

Public Float

246.53M

Beta

1.25

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

210.16

EPS

$0.50

Yield

133.26%

Dividend

$0.35

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Aug 31, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

3.45M

 

EL Performance

1 Week
 
4.19%
 
1 Month
 
26.59%
 
3 Months
 
19.40%
 
1 Year
 
15.79%
 
5 Years
 
-68.84%
 

EL Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 29
Full Ratings ➔

About the estée lauder companies inc. - EL

The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. engages in the manufacture of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. It sells products under Estée Lauder, Clinique, Origins, MAC, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Jo Malone London, Aveda and Too Faced. The company was founded by Estee Lauder and Joseph Lauder in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

EL At a Glance

The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Phone 1-212-572-4200 Revenue 15.08B
Industry Household/Personal Care Net Income 182.00M
Sector Consumer Non-Durables 2026 Sales Growth 5.529%
Fiscal Year-end 06 / 2027 Employees 55,000
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EL Valuation

P/E Current 208.719
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 158.248
Price to Sales Ratio 1.91
Price to Book Ratio 7.505
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 16.24
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.909
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.291
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.268

EL Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 274,145.455
Income Per Employee 3,309.091
Receivables Turnover 9.933
Total Asset Turnover 0.76

EL Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.222
Quick Ratio 0.901
Cash Ratio 0.561

EL Profitability

Gross Margin 75.547
Operating Margin 11.195
Pretax Margin 3.429
Net Margin 1.207
Return on Assets 0.918
Return on Equity 4.745
Return on Total Capital 1.394
Return on Invested Capital 1.452

EL Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 242.932
Total Debt to Total Capital 70.84
Total Debt to Total Assets 46.787
Long-Term Debt to Equity 219.233
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 63.929
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Annual Financials for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. - EL

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All values USD millions. 2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
15.88B 15.56B 14.29B 15.08B
Sales Growth
-10.50% -2.00% -8.17% +5.53%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
4.56B 4.42B 3.73B 3.69B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
733.00M 825.00M 829.00M 796.00M
Depreciation
588.00M 681.00M 698.00M 691.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
145.00M 144.00M 131.00M 105.00M
COGS Growth
+6.00% -3.03% -15.67% -1.15%
Gross Income
11.31B 11.14B 10.56B 11.39B
Gross Income Growth
-15.78% -1.58% -5.19% +7.89%
Gross Profit Margin
+71.27% +71.57% +73.89% +75.55%
2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
9.68B 9.82B 9.45B 9.70B
Research & Development
344.00M 360.00M 316.00M 278.00M
Other SG&A
9.34B 9.46B 9.13B 9.43B
SGA Growth
-1.70% +1.44% -3.83% +2.71%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
274.00M 484.00M 1.96B 922.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.36B 829.00M (850.00M) 766.00M
Non Operating Income/Expense
260.00M 326.00M 214.00M 41.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
131.00M 167.00M 114.00M 90.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
220.00M 383.00M 404.00M 290.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+511.11% +74.09% +5.48% -28.22%
Gross Interest Expense
220.00M 383.00M 404.00M 290.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.40B 772.00M (1.04B) 517.00M
Pretax Income Growth
-53.99% -44.74% -234.72% +149.71%
Pretax Margin
+8.80% +4.96% -7.28% +3.43%
Income Tax
387.00M 363.00M 93.00M 335.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
149.00M 202.00M 166.00M 190.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
424.00M 426.00M 323.00M 309.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(109.00M) (154.00M) (250.00M) (81.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(77.00M) (111.00M) (146.00M) (83.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
1.01B 409.00M (1.13B) 182.00M
Minority Interest Expense
- - 4.00M 19.00M
-
Net Income
1.01B 390.00M (1.13B) 182.00M
Net Income Growth
-57.91% -61.23% -390.51% +116.06%
Net Margin Growth
+6.34% +2.51% -7.93% +1.21%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
1.01B 390.00M (1.13B) 182.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
1.01B 390.00M (1.13B) 182.00M
EPS (Basic)
2.8108 1.0864 -3.1464 0.5024
EPS (Basic) Growth
-57.66% -61.35% -389.62% +115.97%
Basic Shares Outstanding
357.90M 359.00M 360.10M 362.30M
EPS (Diluted)
2.7875 1.0809 -3.1464 0.4989
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-57.44% -61.22% -391.09% +115.86%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
360.90M 360.80M 360.10M 364.80M
EBITDA
2.36B 2.14B 1.94B 2.48B
EBITDA Growth
-45.01% -9.56% -9.26% +28.04%
EBITDA Margin
+14.89% +13.74% +13.58% +16.47%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 107.669
Number of Ratings 29 Current Quarters Estimate 0.509
FY Report Date 09 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 3.322
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.39 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 2.47 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 3.943
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 22 22 27 25
Mean Estimate 0.51 1.21 3.32 3.94
High Estimates 0.59 1.28 3.52 4.30
Low Estimate 0.45 1.15 3.21 3.64
Coefficient of Variance 8.14 2.67 2.21 3.72

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 11 11 10
OVERWEIGHT 3 3 1
HOLD 15 16 15
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. - EL

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 3, 2026 Barry Stuart Sternlicht Director 46,892 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Akhil Shrivastava Exec VP & CFO 5,358 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Rene Lammers EVP & CR&IO 28,156 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Akhil Shrivastava Exec VP & CFO 8,122 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $109.01 per share 885,379.22
Mar 3, 2026 Rene Lammers EVP & CR&IO 7,507 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Stéphane de la Faverie President and CEO 11,574 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Stéphane de la Faverie President and CEO 18,630 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $109.01 per share 2,030,856.30
Mar 3, 2026 Paul J. Fribourg Director 40,907 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Rene Lammers EVP & CR&IO 13,405 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Stéphane de la Faverie President and CEO 20,963 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Eric Louis Zinterhofer Director 1,635 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Akhil Shrivastava Exec VP & CFO 10,034 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Dec 2, 2025 Rashida la Lande Exec VP & General Counsel N/A Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $94.45 per share 0.00
Dec 2, 2025 Jane Lauder Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Dec 2, 2025 Jane Lauder Director 58,763 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $94.38 per share 5,546,051.94
Dec 2, 2025 Jane Lauder Director 76,603 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $89.47 per share 6,853,670.41
Sep 18, 2025 Richard F. Zannino Director 10,578 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Sep 18, 2025 Richard F. Zannino Director 2,178 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Sep 18, 2025 Charlene Barshefsky Director 22,627 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Sep 18, 2025 Lynn Forester de Rothschild Director 22,388 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

The EstéE Lauder Companies Inc. in the News

Estee Lauder to cut up to 7,000 jobs

Estee Lauder now intends to slash up to 7,000 positions from its workforce, the cosmetics company, known for brands like Mac and Clinique, announced Tuesday.