The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL
- Market cap
- $34.6B
- P/E
- 185×
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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) P/B ratio
As of 25 September 2026, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) trades at a P/B ratio of 9.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.2× (April 2025) to 21.9× (December 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 3.0× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.7×.
P/B ratio, daily
Annual
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 7.5× | (0.17%) |
| FY2025 | 7.5× | 5.74% |
| FY2024 | 7.1× | (43.43%) |
| FY2023 | 12.6× | (23.27%) |
| FY2022 | 16.4× | (13.46%) |
| FY2021 | 19.0× | 10.36% |
| FY2020 | 17.2× | 14.35% |
| FY2019 | 15.0× | 34.65% |
| FY2018 | 11.2× | 39.33% |
| FY2017 | 8.0× | (14.75%) |
Quarterly
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 7.5× | 15.28% |
| Mar 2026 | 6.5× | (30.70%) |
| Dec 2025 | 9.4× | 14.97% |
| Sep 2025 | 8.2× | 8.69% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/B ratio against peers
| Company | P/B ratio |
|---|---|
| UL Unilever PLC compare | n/m |
| KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare | 3.2× |
| IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare | 3.5× |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare | 5.0× |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 5.2× |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. | 9.0× |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare | 17.5× |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 40.5× |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare | 122× |
| Household & Personal Products industry median | 3.0× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.7× |
| Market median | 1.8× |
What P/B ratio is
Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.
Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))
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- Revenue
- Net income
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- The full statement