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EL (EL) Stock

$100.00 -2.25% NYSE: EL Consumer Defensive

Valuation

MetricValue
Price$100.00
Market Cap$36.17B
P/E Ratio210.12
P/B Ratio10.00
P/S Ratio2.52
EPS (TTM)$-3.15
52-Week High$121.64
52-Week Low$66.22
Dividend Yield1.33%

Financials & Margins

MetricValue
ROE4.63%
ROA0.92%
ROCE5.76%
Gross Margin73.40%
Operating Margin7.56%
Net Margin1.21%
Debt/Equity2.43
Current Ratio1.30

Annual Financials (USD)

Metric20222023202420252026
Revenue$17.7B$15.9B$15.6B$14.3B$15.0B
Operating Profit$3.2B$1.5B$970.0M$958.0M$780.0M
Net Profit$2.4B$1.0B$390.0M$-1.1B$182.0M
EPS$6.55$2.79$1.08$-3.15$0.50
Op Margin17.9%9.5%6.2%6.7%5.2%

Balance Sheet (USD)

Metric20222023202420252026
Total Assets$20.9B$23.4B$21.7B$19.9B$19.8B
Total Liabilities$14.5B$17.0B$16.4B$16.0B$16.0B
Cash$4.0B$4.0B$3.4B$2.9B$3.5B
Borrowings$7.6B$10.2B$9.8B$9.4B$9.2B

Latest News

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Cash Flow (USD)

Metric20222023202420252026
Operating Cash Flow$3.0B$1.7B$2.4B$1.3B$1.8B
Investing Cash Flow$-2.0B$-6.5B$-2.6B$-1.2B$-946.0M
Financing Cash Flow$-2.3B$-271.0M$-17.0M$-15.0M$-254.0M
Net Cash Flow$-1.0B$72.0M$-634.0M$-474.0M$577.0M
Free Cash Flow$2.0B$-1.6B$1.4B$670.0M$1.3B

Valuation & Return Ratios

MetricValue
PEG Ratio0.82
EV / EBITDA51.40
FCF Yield3.46%
Quick Ratio0.90
Interest Coverage2.34
Return 1Y14.31%
Return 3Y-31.36%
Return 5Y-66.77%

Ownership

Insiders Held0.41%
Institutions Held97.16%
Institutions Float Held97.56%
Institutional HolderSharesReport Date
Blackrock Inc.18,545,5092026-03-31
FMR, LLC18,113,7522026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management LLC16,072,7392026-03-31
Bank of America Corporation13,843,7652026-03-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC12,144,9642026-03-31

Peer Comparison

TickerPriceChangeP/EMarket CapDiv Yield
ABEVAmbev S.A. $3.07 +0.99% 15.98 $47.88B 0.00%
ADM $84.55 +4.01% 22.34 $40.75B 2.55%
CHD $99.41 -0.37% 32.39 $23.55B 1.22%
HSY $176.00 -0.12% 25.12 $35.69B 3.13%
JBS $13.41 -0.22% 18.84 $29.74B 7.38%

About EL

EL is led by CEO Stephane de la Faverie, employs 57,000 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 1995.

EL stock trades at $100.00 with a market capitalization of $36.17B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 210.12, price-to-book of 10.00, price-to-sales of 2.52. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $66.22 and $121.64, and currently trades 17.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.33%.

On profitability, EL generates a return on equity (ROE) of 4.63%, return on capital employed of 5.76%, an operating margin of 7.56%, a net profit margin of 1.21%.

In its most recent fiscal year, EL reported annual revenue of $15.0B, net profit of $182.0M, revenue has compounded at -1.5% a year over the last five years, profit at -42.4% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.43 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 1.30, total assets of $19.8B, $3.5B in cash and equivalents.

EL has an average daily trading volume of 3,412,954 shares, a beta of 1.25.

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