Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$459.00
+6.28% today
1Y Change
-1.06%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
L'Oréal S.A. (LRLCF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $194.89B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $459.00 and down 1.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.3%, EPS growth of -4.3%, a dividend yield of 2.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.3%, EPS -4.3%, free cash flow +7.8% with operating margin 22.5% and ROIC 14.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.0%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 31.9 and price/sales 4.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LRLCF 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.
Relative Read
LRLCF is 19.05 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
LRLCF had 9.37 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
LRLCF beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
LRLCF
-1.06%
Normalized return
SPY
+17.99%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-19.05 pts
Relative to SPY
LRLCF Max Drawdown
-18.50%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for LRLCF and SPY.
| Year | LRLCF | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.20% | +6.71% | -6.91 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +0.96% | +11.19% | -10.23 pts | SPY |
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$32.3B
-15.6% YoY
FY Net Income
$4.6B
-19.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$5.7B
+14.6% YoY
Revenue Growth
+1.3%
EPS Growth
-4.3%
Gross Margin
76.6%
Net Margin
13.9%
Income statement
EUR
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 44.1B | 43.5B | 41.2B | 38.3B | 32.3B |
| Gross Profit | 32.7B | 32.3B | 30.4B | 27.7B | 23.9B |
| Operating Income | 8.9B | 8.7B | 8.1B | 7.5B | 6.2B |
| EBITDA | 10.7B | 10.7B | 9.9B | 8.3B | 6.9B |
| Net Income | 6.1B | 6.4B | 6.2B | 5.7B | 4.6B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
EUR
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 9.9B | 4.1B | 4.3B | 2.6B | 2.7B |
| Total Assets | 61.8B | 56.4B | 51.9B | 46.8B | 43.0B |
| Total Liabilities | 26.8B | 23.2B | 22.8B | 19.7B | 19.4B |
| Shareholder Equity | 35.0B | 33.1B | 29.1B | 27.2B | 23.6B |
| Total Debt | 11.9B | 8.5B | 8.7B | 5.7B | 6.3B |
| Net Debt | 2.1B | 4.4B | 4.4B | 3.0B | 3.6B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
6.7B
+7.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
1.1B
+20.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
5.7B
+14.6% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
76.6%
Operating Margin
22.5%
Net Margin
13.9%
ROE
18.5%
Debt / Equity
0.34x
Next Step
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