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

108.45 3.59 −3.20%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 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 20.7× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 22.1× 2.32%
Jun 2026 21.6× 7.31%
Mar 2026 20.1× (39.04%)
Dec 2025 33.0× 8.57%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.6× High 106×
Ten-year median 31.5×
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 18.1×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 19.7×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 20.7×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 23.8×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 24.5×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 25.2×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 25.8×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 26.7×
Household & Personal Products industry median 20.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median 15.1×
Market median 14.1×

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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