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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 16 October 2026, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 26.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.7× (January 2015) to 880× (August 2025); the current reading is higher than 63% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 13.0× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 10.0×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2026 20.6× (97.30%)
FY2025 761× 3,137.16%
FY2024 23.5× (28.77%)
FY2023 33.0× 38.12%
FY2022 23.9× (32.67%)
FY2021 35.5× (37.53%)
FY2020 56.8× 144.62%
FY2019 23.2× 12.58%
FY2018 20.6× 20.69%
FY2017 17.1× 0.24%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 20.6× (74.41%)
Mar 2026 80.4× (16.89%)
Dec 2025 96.7× (14.65%)
Sep 2025 113× (85.12%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.7× High 880×
Ten-year median 23.3×
Current reading's percentile 63

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.1×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 12.5×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 12.6×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 13.2×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 17.3×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 17.4×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 19.9×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 26.4×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 32.6×
Household & Personal Products industry median 13.0×
Consumer Defensive sector median 10.0×
Market median 11.0×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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