Consumer Defensive
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.(EL)
Live Price
Offline$84.81
+2.85% today
1Y Change
+6.32%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $29.96B
- Revenue Growth
- -8.5%
- EPS Growth
- -389.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.7%
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $29.96B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $84.81 and up 6.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.5%, EPS growth of -389.0%, a dividend yield of 1.7%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.5%, EPS -389.0%, free cash flow -53.5% with operating margin 7.6% and ROIC -11.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 2.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines EL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-8.5% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+7.6% vs +6.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 1, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -8.5% and EPS is at -389.0%, with operating margin around 7.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Δ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 1, 2026 | — | +2.6% | +8.7% | +7.9% |
2026 Feb 5, 2026 | +6.6% | +2.9% | +10.1% | -4.1% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +82.1% | -0.9% | -10.1% | -3.6% |
Benchmark Edge
EL vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
EL Max Drawdown
-43.79%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for EL and SPY.
Company Overview
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company offers a range of skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, cleansing devices, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as lipsticks, lip glosses, mascaras, foundations, eyeshadows, nail polishes, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. It also provides fragrance products in various forms comprising eau de parfum sprays and colognes, as well as lotions, powders, creams, candles, and soaps; and hair care products that include shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair color products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. The company offers its products under Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin, Smashbox, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, By Kilian, BECCA, Too Faced, Dr. Jart+, DECIEM, and The Ordinary brands. It also holds license arrangements for Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan New York, DKNY, Michael Kors, and Ermenegildo Zegna brands. The company sells its products through department stores, specialty-multi retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and salons and spas; freestanding stores; its own and authorized retailer websites; third-party online malls; stores in airports; and in-flight and duty-free shops. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Leadership
- Stephane de la Faverie
- IPO Date
- Nov 17, 1995
- Employees
- 57.0k
- Street Address
- 767 Fifth Avenue
- Mailing
- New York City, NY, 10153
- Region
- New York City, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 212 572 4200
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- —
- EV/EBITDA
- 22.4
- Price/Sales
- 2.0
- Price/Book
- 7.5
Growth
- Revenue
- -8.5%
- EPS
- -389.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- -53.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 73.4%
- Operating Margin
- 7.6%
- Net Margin
- -1.7%
- ROE
- -6.3%
- ROIC
- -11.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.33
- Current Ratio
- 1.27
Earnings Reports
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Official Releases
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