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
+392.3%
Free cash flow
+61.9%
Total debt
−0.98%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

104.19 5.04 −4.61%
Market cap
$39.6B
P/E
102×
Fwd P/E
37.4×
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) Free cash flow

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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s free cash flow for fiscal 2026 was $1.3B, up 97.0% from $673.0M in fiscal 2025. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $1.9B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −$1.6B (fiscal 2023) to $3.0B (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 42% of that period. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. ranks 5th of 31 Household & Personal Products companies by free cash flow.

Free cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2026 $1.3B 97.03%
FY2025 $673.0M (53.30%)
FY2024 $1.4B —
FY2023 −$1.6B —
FY2022 $2.0B (33.20%)
FY2021 $3.0B 80.69%
FY2020 $1.7B (6.65%)
FY2019 $1.8B (8.17%)
FY2018 $1.9B 48.92%
FY2017 $1.3B 2.69%

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 −$166.0M —
Jun 2026 $425.0M 37.10%
Mar 2026 $310.0M (69.81%)
Dec 2025 $1.0B —
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −$1.6B High $3.0B
Ten-year median $1.5B
Current reading's percentile 42

Free cash flow against peers

What Free cash flow is

Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

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

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