Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) (EL) Stock

About Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The)

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) is led by CEO Stephane de la Faverie, employs 57,000 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 1995.

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) (EL) stock trades at $108.67 with a market capitalization of $39.37B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 185.24, price-to-book of 9.01, price-to-sales of 2.27. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $66.22 and $121.64, and currently trades 10.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.48%.

On profitability, Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) generates a return on equity (ROE) of 4.63%, return on capital employed of 12.39%, an operating margin of 7.56%, a net profit margin of 1.21%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) reported annual revenue of $15.0B, net profit of $182.0M. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue declined at an average annual rate of 1.5%, and net profit declined at an average annual rate of 42.4%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.43 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), 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 3,055,205 shares, a beta of 1.27.

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) by the numbers, 2017–2026

Between 2017 and 2026 Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) reported revenue of $11.8B rising to $15.0B, a change of +27.3% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown -1.5% a year over five years, -1.8% over three, 5.0% over the last twelve months. Net profit fell to $182.0M.

Operating margin went from 14.4% in 2017 to 11.1% in 2026, a fall of 3.3 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 1.21%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $15.0B and net profit $182.0M.

Borrowings rose from $3.6B to $9.2B, cash from operations was $1.8B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 8.7% over five years, and was 4.8% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at -20.0% a year over five years, -22.3% over three, 36.7% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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