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.

Revenue
+6.72%
EPS
+393.3%
Free cash flow
+46.1%
Total debt
−0.98%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

108.28 0.63 +0.59%
Market cap
$39.0B
P/E
106×
Fwd P/E
37.4×
Dividend yield
1.29%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.85
Beneish M
−2.90
Dividend safety
37/100

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) Free cash flow margin

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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.99%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (8.81%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.79% (fiscal 2023) to 18.5% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 4.87% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 8.81% 4.11
FY2025 4.70% (4.53)
FY2024 9.23% 19.02
FY2023 −9.79% (21.07)
FY2022 11.3% (7.18)
FY2021 18.5% 6.87
FY2020 11.6% (0.35)
FY2019 11.9% (2.19)
FY2018 14.1% 3.15
FY2017 11.0% (0.24)

Against its own ten years

Low −9.79% High 18.5%
Ten-year median 11.2%
Current reading's percentile 25

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 18.1%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 17.8%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 16.8%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 16.0%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 14.2%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 11.3%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 9.99%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 6.30%
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 4.87%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.51%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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