Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$81.52
-2.10% today
1Y Change
+4.34%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 26, 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 $81.52 and up 4.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 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.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
EL
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
EL Max Drawdown
-43.79%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for EL and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
1.69%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.05
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 16, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 | Sep 16, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2025 | May 30, 2025 | Jun 16, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 | Mar 17, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | Dec 16, 2024 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Sep 16, 2024 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| May 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Nov 30, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | Jun 15, 2023 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| Feb 27, 2023 | Feb 28, 2023 | Mar 15, 2023 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Nov 30, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| May 27, 2022 | May 31, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Feb 28, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Nov 30, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Aug 31, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| May 27, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 15, 2020 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | $0.48 | $0.48 | Quarterly |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | $0.48 | $0.48 | Quarterly |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Nov 29, 2019 | Dec 16, 2019 | $0.48 | $0.48 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 | Sep 16, 2019 | $0.43 | $0.43 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | Jun 17, 2019 | $0.43 | $0.43 | Quarterly |
| Feb 27, 2019 | Feb 28, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | $0.43 | $0.43 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 | Dec 17, 2018 | $0.43 | $0.43 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Sep 17, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2018 | May 31, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Feb 27, 2018 | Feb 28, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2017 | Nov 30, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| May 26, 2017 | May 31, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Nov 28, 2016 | Nov 30, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2016 | Aug 31, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| May 26, 2016 | May 31, 2016 | Jun 15, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Feb 25, 2016 | Feb 29, 2016 | Mar 15, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
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