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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.33%, EPS grew 78.8%, free cash flow grew 7.87% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500.

104.54 2.65 −2.47%
Market cap
$38.8B
P/E
205×
Fwd P/E
28.0×
Dividend yield
1.34%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.85
Beneish M
−2.90
Dividend safety
37/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 1,028.18
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 7 — — — — — — — — 2 2 —
Insider Ownership 31.70%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 38,840.00
Revenue 15,049.00
Net Income 182.00
Free Cash Flow 1,326.00
Net Debt 3,808.00
Current Ratio 1.22
Debt/Equity 1.92
P/E ratio 204.98 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 28.00
P/S ratio 2.52
P/B ratio 9.95 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth (42.26%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 34.42% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 18.58% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 17.42% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 22.39% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 99.83%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 19.54%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 45.93%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 20.57%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 41.21%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 2.86
Annual Dividend Rate 1.40
Annual Dividend Yield 1.34%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.62
0.35
0.35
0.35
2025 1.99
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
2024 2.33
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.35
2023 2.64
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.66
2022 2.46
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.66
2021 2.19
0.53
0.53
0.53
0.60
2020 1.49
0.48
0.48
0.53
2019 1.77
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.48
2018 1.57
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.43
2017 1.40
0.34
0.34
0.34
0.38
2016 1.24
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.34
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 2026
Cash 4,029 3,395 2,921 3,498
Receivables 1,452 1,727 1,530 1,518
Inventory 2,979 2,175 2,074 1,999
Other — — — —
9,139 7,922 7,069 7,612
2023 2024 2025 2026
Payables 1,670 1,440 1,497 1,578
ST’ Debt 997 504 3 503
Other — — — —
6,240 5,702 5,435 6,231

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.94% (1.48%) (1.84%)
Cash Flow (0.09%) (13.36%) 0.80%
Earnings (16.58%) (42.40%) (43.44%)
Book Value 0.59% (8.98%) (12.00%)

Revenue $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 3,481 4,229 3,712 3,627 15,049
’25 3,361 4,004 3,550 3,411 14,326
’24 3,518 4,279 3,940 3,871 15,608
’23 3,930 4,620 3,751 3,609 15,910
’22 4,392 5,539 4,245 3,561 17,737
’21 3,562 4,853 3,864 3,936 16,215
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 (340) 1,125 412 576 1,773
’25 (670) 1,057 284 601 1,272
’24 (408) 1,345 534 889 2,360
’23 (650) 1,401 266 714 1,731
’22 (81) 1,927 123 1,071 3,040
’21 358 1,620 799 854 3,631
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 (436) 1,027 310 425 1,326
’25 (811) 925 165 394 673
’24 (703) 1,113 359 672 1,441
’23 (802) 1,134 25 (1,915) (1,558)
’22 (286) 1,673 (76) 689 2,000
’21 242 1,486 663 603 2,994
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 0.13 0.44 0.24 (0.32) 0.50
’25 (0.43) (1.64) 0.44 (1.51) (3.15)
’24 0.09 0.87 0.91 (0.79) 1.08
’23 1.35 1.09 0.43 (0.09) 2.79
’22 1.88 2.97 1.53 0.14 6.55
’21 1.42 2.37 1.24 2.76 7.79
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to June

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 76.34 121.64 121.47 137.01 231.97 186.47 102.22 62.29 48.37 66.22

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 130.36 158.80 208.33 267.20 372.36 374.20 283.62 159.75 110.37 121.64
People
People Employees 46,000 46,000 48,000 48,000 62,000 63,000 62,000 62,000 57,000 55,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.26 0.30 0.31 0.30 0.26 0.28 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.27
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 11,824 13,683 14,863 14,294 16,215 17,737 15,910 15,608 14,326 15,049
Gross margin, % 79.41 79.22 77.21 75.15 76.36 75.73 71.31 71.66 73.97 75.50
EBT 1,617 1,980 2,307 1,046 3,331 3,036 1,397 772 (1,040) 517
EBT margin, % 13.68 14.47 15.52 7.32 20.54 17.12 8.78 4.95 (7.26) 3.44
Net income 1,256 1,117 1,794 696 2,875 2,408 1,010 409 (1,133) 182
Depreciation 464 531 557 611 651 727 744 825 829 796
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 32.21 37.18 40.89 39.64 44.68 49.27 44.45 43.48 39.78 41.54
Earnings 3.40 3.01 4.91 1.90 7.91 6.64 2.81 1.09 (3.15) 0.50
Cash flow 4.88 6.96 6.92 6.32 10.01 8.44 4.84 6.57 3.53 4.89
Capex (1.34) (1.71) (2.04) (1.73) (1.76) (2.89) (9.19) (2.56) (1.66) (1.23)
Free cash flow 3.54 5.25 4.88 4.60 8.25 5.56 (4.35) 4.01 1.87 3.66
Book value 11.99 12.80 12.13 10.99 16.78 15.53 15.60 14.80 10.73 10.51
Shares, m 367 368 364 361 363 360 358 359 360 362
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 28.23 47.42 37.19 99.31 40.26 38.41 69.64 96.68 0.00 154.80
P/S 2.98 3.84 4.46 4.76 7.12 5.17 4.42 2.42 2.03 1.90
P/B 8.00 11.15 15.02 17.17 18.95 16.40 12.58 7.12 7.53 7.52
EV/Sales 3.13 3.90 4.49 4.84 7.16 5.25 4.67 2.70 2.34 2.15
EV/FCF 28.56 27.60 37.56 41.73 38.76 46.57 102.16 29.29 49.77 24.44
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,790 2,562 2,517 2,280 3,631 3,040 1,731 2,360 1,272 1,773
Capex (492) (629) (742) (623) (637) (1,040) (3,289) (919) (599) (447)
Free cash flow 1,298 1,933 1,775 1,657 2,994 2,000 (1,558) 1,441 673 1,326
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 2,141 2,858 2,607 3,713 4,470 3,483 2,899 2,220 1,634 1,381
Total debt 3,572 3,544 3,412 6,136 5,569 5,412 8,114 7,771 7,317 7,306
Net debt 1,831 829 425 1,114 611 1,455 4,085 4,376 4,396 3,808
Shareholders’ equity 4,402 4,710 4,411 3,962 6,091 5,590 5,585 5,314 3,865 3,806
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 12.01 9.18 13.88 4.42 14.44 11.15 4.54 1.73 (5.45) 0.92
ROIC 17.09 23.19 29.89 7.46 24.41 28.12 9.75 6.26 (5.94) 6.40
ROE 31.27 24.32 39.14 16.34 57.10 40.92 18.00 7.16 (24.69) 4.75
Negative figures in brackets.

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Charts ten years each

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. vs peers in Household & Personal Products (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) $364.9B 23.5× 20.9× +1.50% (above 0%: growing) −15.23% (below 0%: shrinking) +2.06% (above 0%: growing) 48.50% 18.62% Compare
UL Unilever PLC $139.3B 11.2× — +8.58% (above 0%: growing) +8.84% (above 0%: growing) −19.66% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company $73.9B 37.1× 23.9× +4.91% (above 0%: growing) −5.43% (below 0%: shrinking) +11.73% (above 0%: growing) 61.48% 18.95% Compare
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. $38.8B 205× 28.0× +6.33% (above 0%: growing) n/m +7.87% (above 0%: growing) 75.46% (1.08%)
KVUE Kenvue Inc. $35.9B 21.7× 18.6× +3.02% (above 0%: growing) +9.09% (above 0%: growing) +17.07% (above 0%: growing) 58.18% 17.67% Compare
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation $34.6B 18.0× 14.4× +0.62% (above 0%: growing) −32.03% (below 0%: shrinking) −4.79% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.27% 15.11% Compare
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $24.5B 33.5× 26.3× +1.57% (above 0%: growing) +10.26% (above 0%: growing) +23.33% (above 0%: growing) 45.35% 18.07% Compare
CLX The Clorox Company $10.4B 18.1× 14.8× −2.01% (below 0%: shrinking) −50.37% (below 0%: shrinking) +11.42% (above 0%: growing) 41.27% 13.24% Compare
ELF e.l.f. Beauty $6.9B 113× 21.2× +35.52% (above 0%: growing) +91.53% (above 0%: growing) +447.39% (above 0%: growing) 83.20% 21.37% Compare
Median of peers $35.2B 22.6× 20.9× +2.29% +1.71% +11.57% 46.93% 17.87%

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EL metrics, ten years each

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) key facts

  • Strength: The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $15.0 billion, up 5.05% from fiscal 2025.
  • The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) is a Household & Personal Products company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Net income was $182.0 million, or $0.50 per share (basic), a net margin of 1.21%.
  • As of October 16, 2026, EL traded at $104.54, a market capitalization of $38.8 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 205× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 100% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share, a yield of 1.34%.
  • Return on equity was 4.75% and debt-to-equity 1.92.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.85 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

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