Inside the research

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

EL Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$94.47

▼ -0.90 (-0.9%)

52w hi$118.37
52w lo$66.74
Vol2.80M
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.09

Short+0.39
Medium+0.04
Long-0.42

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products

Market cap$34.18B
Enterprise value$39.93B
Trailing P/E188.94x
Forward P/E24.12x
EV / EBITDA16.26x
P / S (ttm)2.27x
Profit margin1.2%
Return on equity4.7%
Revenue growth+6.3%
Debt / equity242.93

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.03
Sector-0.01
Technical+0.21
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company provides skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, eye care, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as foundations, powders, concealers and setting sprays, lipsticks, lip liners and lip glosses, mascaras, and eyeshadows and eyeliners, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. It also offers fragrance products in various forms comprising parfum, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, and body spray, as well as lotions, creams, powders, candles and soaps; and hair care products, including shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair color products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. The company provides its products under the La Mer, Jo Malone London, TOM FORD, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, KILIAN PARIS, BALMAIN Beauty, Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C, The Ordinary, Aveda, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, Bumble and bumble, Smashbox, Darphin Paris, Lab Series, Avestan, Loopha, Origins, NIOD, Aramis, and GLAMGLOW brands. It sells its products through department stores, duty-free retailers, specialty multi retailers, online pure players, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and top-tier salons and spas, as well as direct-to-consumer businesses across freestanding stores, and brand websites and third-party online platforms. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. was founded in 1946 and is based in New York, New York.

United States · www.elcompanies.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.41
Corr SPX0.45
Annual vol50.7%
Annual ret+18.4%
Sharpe0.36
Max DD-50.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$94.41
High / Low$125.00 / $65.00
Median$88.50
Analysts22
Strong Buy4
Buy6
Hold13
Sell1
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-05-05Barclays→ Equal-Weight
2026-05-04Wells Fargo→ Equal-Weight
2026-05-04UBS→ Neutral
2026-05-04Telsey Advisory Group→ Market Perform
2026-05-04JP Morgan→ Overweight
2026-05-04Canaccord Genuity→ Hold

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-07-24Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-05-01Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-03-24Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-02-05Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-11-18Shareholder Vote, Other Material Event…read
2025-11-06Securities Issuance, Other Material Event…read
2025-10-30Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-10-02Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2025-08-21Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2025-08-20Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-07-15Officer / Director Changeread
2025-05-23Bylaws Amendment, Exhibitsread

Dividends

Yield (TTM)0.74%
$ / share (TTM)$0.70
5y CAGR-1.2%

Annual dividend per share

2021$2.19
2022$2.46
2023$2.64
2024$2.33
2025$1.40
2026$0.35

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-07-248-Kview
2026-07-224view
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2026-07-224view
2026-07-078-K/Aview
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The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$15.61B+5.6%
Gross profit$11.18B+5.3%
Operating income$1.51B+12.3%
Net income$557.00M+9.0%
Cash from ops$2.36B+14.5%

Indices

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$95.11$96.23$93.89$94.472.80M
Sep 24$97.84$98.45$95.18$95.374.26M
Sep 23$100.06$100.92$97.80$98.832.07M
Sep 22$98.02$100.86$97.86$100.292.85M
Sep 21$94.71$96.56$93.74$96.343.09M

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