The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

EL Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $15.0 billion, up 5.05% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.33%, EPS grew 78.8%, free cash flow grew 7.87% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500.

104.54 2.65 −2.47%
Market cap
$38.8B
P/E
205×
Fwd P/E
28.0×
Dividend yield
1.34%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.85
Beneish M
−2.90
Dividend safety
37/100

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) Current ratio

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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 1.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2× (fiscal 2026) to 2.0× (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Household & Personal Products industry median of 1.6× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.4×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2026 1.2× (6.07%)
FY2025 1.3× (6.38%)
FY2024 1.4× (5.14%)
FY2023 1.5× (8.41%)
FY2022 1.6× (13.27%)
FY2021 1.8× 7.39%
FY2020 1.7× 9.63%
FY2019 1.6× (15.95%)
FY2018 1.9× 5.97%
FY2017 1.8× 11.58%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Jun 2026 1.2× (3.67%)
Mar 2026 1.3× (6.62%)
Dec 2025 1.4× 2.81%
Sep 2025 1.3× 1.56%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.2× High 2.0×
Ten-year median 1.6×
Current reading's percentile 8

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 2.5×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 1.2×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 1.1×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 1.0×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 1.0×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 0.9×
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.7×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 0.7×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 0.7×
Household & Personal Products industry median 1.6×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.4×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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