Estée Lauder Companies

Founded 1946

Ticker EL

Exchange NYSE

Sector Beauty

Market Cap Large Cap

Headquarters New York City, NY, USA

Target Audience Women aged 25–65. Prestige and luxury beauty channels globally.

Prestige beauty holding company spanning skincare, makeup, fragrance, and haircare through one of the industry's deepest brand portfolios. The corporate entity is distinct from the Estée Lauder consumer brand. Its strength lies in global brand equity and premium positioning, though its scale also makes execution and regional exposure especially important. Revenue heavily reliant on travel retail and Asia-Pacific markets.

Stock Price

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15-minute delay via Yahoo Finance. Percentage change shown reflects movement relative to the previous trading day's close.

Financial Health Score

12.3 / 100

Behavioural Quality Score

29.8 / 100

Financial Metrics

10 metrics across growth, profitability, financial health, and capital efficiency — powered by Financial Modeling Prep + yfinance

Metric	Reported Figure	Ratio / Rate	Normalised Score	Note
Revenue Growth	Revenue $14.33B Prior Year Revenue $15.61B	-8.2137	0.00	⚑ Negative — revenue contracted year-over-year. Year-over-year change in total revenue.
Gross Margin	Gross Profit $10.60B	73.9704	0.99	⚑ Gross profit as a percentage of revenue. Estée Lauder's high gross margin reflects the premium pricing power of its prestige beauty portfolio, including brands such as La Mer, Jo Malone, and MAC. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue — how much revenue remains after direct production costs.
Operating Margin	Op. Income -$785.0M	-5.4795	0.00	⚑ Negative — operating costs exceeded revenue in the most recent annual period. Operating income as a percentage of revenue — efficiency after all operating costs including SG&A.
Net Profit Margin	Net Income -$1.13B	-7.9087	0.00	⚑ Negative — company reported a net loss in the most recent annual period. Net income as a percentage of revenue — bottom-line profitability after all costs, taxes, and interest.
FCF Margin	Free Cash Flow $670.0M	4.6768	0.09	Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue — cash actually generated after capital expenditure.
Debt to Equity	Total Debt $9.47B	2.4494x	0.00	⚑ Highest leverage in peer group — greatest reliance on debt financing. Total debt divided by shareholder equity — degree of financial leverage. Lower is stronger; this metric is inverted in scoring.
Current Ratio	Current Assets $12.82B Current Liabilities $10.59B	1.2106x	0.20	Current assets divided by current liabilities — ability to meet short-term obligations.
Return on Equity (ROE)	Shareholders' Equity $3.87B	-29.3144	0.00	⚑ Negative — company generated a net loss in the most recent annual period. Net income divided by shareholder equity — profit generated per dollar of shareholder capital.
Return on Assets (ROA)	Total Assets $19.89B	-5.6958	0.00	⚑ Negative — net loss relative to total assets. Net income divided by total assets — profit generated per dollar of total assets held.
Interest Coverage Ratio	EBIT $2.07B	5.8039x	0.00	EBIT divided by interest expense — how comfortably operating earnings cover interest obligations.

Valuation

Market-implied valuation multiples based on current stock price. Green = trading below peer median (cheaper). Red = trading above peer median (more expensive). P/E and EV/EBITDA are not shown for loss-making companies — Price/Sales remains available in all cases.

P/E Ratio

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How much investors pay per dollar of earnings. Peer median: 15.0x

EV / EBITDA

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Enterprise value relative to operating earnings. Preferred over P/E for comparing companies with different debt levels. Peer median: 10.4x

Price / Sales

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Market cap relative to annual revenue. Useful for loss-making firms. Peer median: 1.16x

Behavioural Signals

10 metrics across consumer experience & trust, employee culture & brand momentum — powered by Glassdoor, Google Trends, Trustpilot & App Store

Signal	Reported Figure	Normalised Score	Note
Google Trends Score (US)	19.5	0.057	⚑ Average US search interest score (0–100) over the past 12 months.
Google Trends Score (Global)	26.4	0.301	⚑ Average worldwide search interest score (0–100) over the past 12 months.
Trustpilot Rating	1.4	0.000	⚑ Customer star rating on Trustpilot (1–5).
App Rating	4.1	0.420	⚑ Average rating across Estée Lauder Companies' consumer brand apps (Clinique, MAC, Estée Lauder Expert).
YouTube Subscribers	99K	0.144	⚑ Total YouTube channel subscribers — indicator of brand cultural reach and chosen ongoing content followership.
Instagram Followers	4.5M	0.240	⚑ Instagram followers — indicator of active brand audience size and ongoing consumer attention.
TikTok Total Likes	1.6M	0.022	⚑ TikTok total likes — lowest in the universe among non-proxy companies at 1.6M, despite Estée Lauder Companies owning several brands with strong TikTok presence at the brand level.
Glassdoor Overall Rating	3.5	0.688	⚑ Overall employee rating on Glassdoor (1–5).
Glassdoor CEO Approval %	60%	0.453	⚑ % of employees who approve of the CEO.
Glassdoor Recommend %	58%	0.577	⚑ % of employees who would recommend the company to a friend.

Google Trends weighting is split equally between US and Global scores, reflecting this company's mixed domestic and international market presence. Some behavioural data is manually collected. Last updated: 2026-05-14.

Glassdoor Snapshot

Overall Rating 3.5

CEO Approval 60%

Recommend to Friend 58%

Culture Rating 3.5

Work / Life Balance 3.5

Diversity & Inclusion 3.8

Senior Management 3.0

Compensation & Benefits 3.5

Glassdoor data is manually collected. Last updated: 2026-05-13

Signal Profiles Spider Map

Normalised scores across financial and behavioural signals (0–1 scale)

Financial

Behavioural

Each axis represents one signal. Points closer to the outer edge indicate stronger performance relative to peers — a larger, fuller shape means stronger overall signal quality. Points near the centre indicate weaker relative performance on that metric. All values are normalised relative to the companies in the BrandSignals universe.

Market Sentiment

Price momentum and market positioning indicators

1-Month Return

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Stock price change over the past 30 days.

3-Month Return

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Stock price change over the past 90 days.

vs XLY (3M)

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3-month return relative to the Consumer Discretionary ETF. Positive = outperforming the sector.

30-Day Volatility

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Annualised standard deviation of daily stock price returns — how much the stock price typically fluctuates in a year. Peer median: 44%

52-Week Position

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Where the current price sits within the past 52-week range. 0% = at 52-week low, 100% = at 52-week high.

vs SPY (3M)

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3-month return relative to the S&P 500. Positive = outperforming the broader market.

Returns reflect stock price movement only and do not include dividends paid during the period. Data via Yahoo Finance with a 15-minute delay.

Products & Categories

Skincare Makeup Fragrance Haircare

Brands & Subsidiaries

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