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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL

Consumer Defensive  —  Household & Personal Products
94.47 (0.90) (0.94%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$34.6B
P/E
185×
S&P 500 Member
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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 25.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.6× (August 2015) to 106× (February 2023); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 17.7× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 13.5×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 21.6× (50.11%)
FY2025 43.2× 64.68%
FY2024 26.3× (72.81%)
FY2023 96.5× 110.61%
FY2022 45.8× 18.90%
FY2021 38.6× (6.11%)
FY2020 41.1× 10.03%
FY2019 37.3× 37.33%
FY2018 27.2× 0.11%
FY2017 27.1× 1.88%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 21.6× 7.31%
Mar 2026 20.1× (39.04%)
Dec 2025 33.0× 8.57%
Sep 2025 30.4× (29.75%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.6× High 106×
Ten-year median 31.8×
Current reading's percentile 27

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
UL Unilever PLC compare n/m
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 15.5×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 17.5×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 17.6×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 17.8×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 20.5×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 21.0×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 25.2×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 25.8×
Household & Personal Products industry median 17.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median 13.5×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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