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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL

Consumer Defensive  —  Household & Personal Products
94.47 (0.90) (0.94%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$34.6B
P/E
185×
S&P 500 Member
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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) Debt to equity

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 1.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.4× (fiscal 2015) to 1.9× (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 1.9× 1.40%
FY2025 1.9× 29.45%
FY2024 1.5× 0.66%
FY2023 1.5× 50.05%
FY2022 1.0× 5.90%
FY2021 0.9× (40.96%)
FY2020 1.5× 100.22%
FY2019 0.8× 2.80%
FY2018 0.8× (7.27%)
FY2017 0.8× 29.82%

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 1.9× 4.83%
Mar 2026 1.8× 0.81%
Dec 2025 1.8× (3.51%)
Sep 2025 1.9× (0.56%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.4× High 1.9×
Ten-year median 0.9×
Current reading's percentile 100

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.0×
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 0.1×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 0.5×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 0.7×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 0.7×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 1.9×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 3.5×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 13.9×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 15.8×
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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