The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL

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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) Operating margin

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 5.18%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.48% (fiscal 2025) to 17.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.79% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.81%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 5.18% 10.66
FY2025 −5.48% (11.69)
FY2024 6.21% (3.27)
FY2023 9.48% (8.39)
FY2022 17.9% 1.72
FY2021 16.2% 11.91
FY2020 4.24% (11.32)
FY2019 15.6% 0.54
FY2018 15.0% 0.61
FY2017 14.4% 0.11

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 −1.08% (7.79)
Mar 2026 6.71% (2.77)
Dec 2025 9.48% 4.63
Sep 2025 4.85% 16.28
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −5.48% High 17.9%
Ten-year median 14.4%
Current reading's percentile 25

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 17.5%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 17.3%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 17.1%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 15.2%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 14.9%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 13.6%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 7.23%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 5.18%
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.79%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.81%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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