How to buy Estee Lauder Companies (EL) stocks

Estee Lauder Companies is a household & personal products business based in the US. Estee Lauder Companies shares (EL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $74.96 – a decrease of 7.48% over the previous week. Estee Lauder Companies employs 44,020 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $15.5 billion.

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Estee Lauder Companies stock price (NYSE: EL)

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Estee Lauder Companies stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$74.96
52-week range	$62.00 - $156.77
50-day moving average more info button	$78.00
200-day moving average more info button	$106.89
Wall St. target price	$82.90
PE ratio more info button	133.8572
Dividend yield more info button	$2.64 (1.87%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.56

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Estee Lauder Companies price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $78.18 from 2024-12-17

1 week (2024-12-12)	-3.51%
1 month (2024-11-20)	19.67%
3 months (2024-09-19)	-10.59%
6 months (2024-06-18)	-29.43%

1 year (2023-12-19)	-47.54%
2 years (2022-12-19)	-65.64%
3 years (2021-12-17)	329.9322
5 years (2019-12-19)	192.1558

Is Estee Lauder Companies stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Estee Lauder Companies stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Estee Lauder Companies's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Estee Lauder Companies's P/E ratio

Estee Lauder Companies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 134x. In other words, Estee Lauder Companies shares trade at around 134x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Estee Lauder Companies's PEG ratio

Estee Lauder Companies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.1823. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Estee Lauder Companies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Estee Lauder Companies's EBITDA

Estee Lauder Companies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.4 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Estee Lauder Companies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Estee Lauder Companies financials

Revenue TTM	$15.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.87%
Gross profit TTM	$13.4 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.57%
Return on equity TTM	3.86%
Profit margin	1.31%
Book value	$14.16
Market Capitalization more info button	$26.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Estee Lauder Companies's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Estee Lauder Companies.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Estee Lauder Companies's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 23.34

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Estee Lauder Companies's overall score of 23.34 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 39th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Estee Lauder Companies is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Estee Lauder Companies's environmental score

Environmental score: 6.44/100

Estee Lauder Companies's social score

Social score: 5.96/100

Estee Lauder Companies's governance score

Governance score: 5.94/100

Estee Lauder Companies's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Estee Lauder Companies scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Estee Lauder Companies has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Estee Lauder Companies Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	23.34
Total ESG percentile	38.82
Environmental score	6.44
Social score	5.96
Governance score	5.94
Level of controversy	2

Estee Lauder Companies stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 88.59% of net profits

Recently Estee Lauder Companies has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Estee Lauder Companies shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Estee Lauder Companies's case, that would currently equate to about $2.64 per share.

Estee Lauder Companies's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Estee Lauder Companies's most recent dividend payout was on 15 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 28 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Estee Lauder Companies's stocks ever split?

Estee Lauder Companies's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 22 January 2012 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Estee Lauder Companies stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Estee Lauder Companies stocks, which in turn could have impacted Estee Lauder Companies's stock price.

Estee Lauder Companies stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Estee Lauder Companies's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $61.9952 up to $156.7709. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Estee Lauder Companies's is 1.044. This would suggest that Estee Lauder Companies's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Estee Lauder Companies overview

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. It offers skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as lipsticks, lip glosses, mascaras, foundations, eyeshadows, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. The company 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, including shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair color products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. It offers its products under the Estée Lauder, Clinique, Origins, M·A·C, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone London, TOM FORD, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, and The Ordinary 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 duty-free locations.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Estee Lauder Companies is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.433% of Estee Lauder Companies stocks are held by insiders and 90.084% by institutions. How many people work for Estee Lauder Companies?
Latest data suggests 44,020 work at Estee Lauder Companies. When does the fiscal year end for Estee Lauder Companies?
Estee Lauder Companies's fiscal year ends in June. Where is Estee Lauder Companies based?
Estee Lauder Companies's address is: 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 10153 What is Estee Lauder Companies's ISIN number?
Estee Lauder Companies's international securities identification number is: US5184391044 What is Estee Lauder Companies's CUSIP number?
Estee Lauder Companies's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 518439104

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