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Estée Lauder CompaniesEL

Personal Care Products · New York City, New York · In the S&P 500
Solid businessPricier than peers
$109.23+0.39%After hours: $112.39 (+2.89%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 12.2% over 1 year
Estée Lauder Companies over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$80$100$120Nov2026MarMayJulSep$109.23$80$100$120NovMarJul$109.23
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$39.58B
Price to earnings170.6x
Forward P/E32.9x
Dividend yield1.28%
Year to date+4.3%
One year+12.2%
Next earningsMon 2 Nov, before the open
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$67.23$119.61

Quality and valuation

How Estée Lauder Companies compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Estée Lauder Companies and 7 personal care products peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: pricier than most

An average business among consumer staples companies, priced above most of them.

Estée Lauder Companies trades at 32.9 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +5.0% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps more of each sale (gross margin): 75.5% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 5.2% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 8.7% vs 10.3%
EL trades at 32.9x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Personal Care Products peers
MO13.5xPEP16.4xPG23.6xPM24.5xKO27.7xEL32.9xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6xMO13.5xPEP16.4xPG23.6xPM24.5xKO27.7xEL32.9xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

Financials

From Estée Lauder Companies's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 6.3% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q4 ’26
$0bn$2bn$4bnQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$3.6bnQ4 ’26$0bn$2bn$4bnQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$3.6bnQ4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +6.3% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
−10%−5%0%5%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’266.3%Q4 ’26−10%0%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’266.3%Q4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was -1.1% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
−10%0%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26−1.1%Q4 ’26−10%0%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26−1.1%Q4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.3 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn
−$0.5bn$0.0bn$0.5bn$1.0bnQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$0.4bnQ4 ’26$0bn$1bnQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$0.4bnQ4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsELSector median
Revenue growth+5.0%+4.9%
Gross margin75.5%40.5%
Operating margin5.2%13.6%
Free cash flow margin8.7%10.3%
Price to earnings170.6x24.5x

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