Global prestige beauty company with skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair-care brands sold through premium retail channels.
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Estee Lauder: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.
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Estee Lauder Profile & Fundamentals
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Company and Market Context
Company Profile & Ownership
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company provides skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, eye care, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as foundations, powders, concealers and setting sprays, lipsticks, lip liners and lip glosses, mascaras, and eyeshadows and eyeliners, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. It also offers fragrance products in various forms comprising parfum, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, and body spray, as well as lotions, creams, powders, 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. The company provides its products under the La Mer, Jo Malone London, TOM FORD, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, KILIAN PARIS, BALMAIN Beauty, Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C, The Ordinary, Aveda, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, Bumble and bumble, Smashbox, Darphin Paris, Lab Series, Avestan, Loopha, Origins, NIOD, Aramis, and GLAMGLOW brands. It sells its products through department stores, duty-free retailers, specialty multi retailers, online pure players, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and top-tier salons and spas, as well as direct-to-consumer businesses across freestanding stores, and brand websites and third-party online platforms. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. was founded in 1946 and is based in New York, New York.
Company profile record
Estee Lauder Companies Inc
Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Personal Care Products
Company
- Company / asset
- Estee Lauder Companies Inc
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry
- Personal Care Products
- HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Head office
- 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 10153
Leadership & scale
- Chief executive
- Mr. Stephane de la Faverie
- CEO year born
- 1974
- Full-time employees
- 38K
- Fiscal year end
- June
- IPO date
- 1995-11-16
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- USD 33.9B
- P/E
- 186.3x
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- USD 3.6B
- Profit (Q2 26)
- USD -116.0M
- Dividend Yield
- 1.0%
- Revenue (FY 26)
- USD 15.0B
- Shares in public float
- 246.3M
- Insider ownership
- 0.43%
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- EL.NYSE
- Listing
- 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
- Ticker Currency
- USD
- Income Statement Currency
- USD
- Balance Sheet Currency
- USD
- Cash Flow Currency
- USD
- EPS Currency
- USD
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- US5184391044
- Asset ID
- equity_baea1d0b-bf48-52d8-b08b-d87fe363ebcc
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 363.1M | Max: 376.1M | Min: 360.0M
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
67.83%
246.3M latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
0.43%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
0.03%
Latest reported short interest / float
Top Holders
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Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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| Reporting date | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 376,100,000 |
| 2018-01-01 | 369,900,000 |
| 2019-01-01 | 366,700,000 |
| 2020-01-01 | 368,000,000 |
| 2021-01-01 | 366,000,000 |
| 2022-01-01 | 360,400,000 |
| 2023-01-01 | 360,000,000 |
| 2024-01-01 | 360,000,000 |
| 2025-01-01 | 364,800,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 363,100,000 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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| Holder | Shares | Ownership | Reported date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc | 18,545,509 | 5.13% | 2026-03-31 |
| FMR Inc | 18,113,752 | 5.01% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard Capital Management, LLC | 16,072,739 | 4.44% | 2026-03-31 |
| Bank of America Corp | 13,843,765 | 3.83% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | 12,144,964 | 3.36% | 2026-03-31 |
| State Street Corp | 11,792,971 | 3.26% | 2026-03-31 |
| Eagle Capital Management LLC | 9,010,180 | 2.49% | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest | 7,860,512 | 2.17% | 2026-08-31 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 6,793,156 | 1.88% | 2026-03-31 |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 6,653,269 | 1.84% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard 500 Index Investor | 6,570,430 | 1.82% | 2026-08-31 |
| Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl | 5,348,996 | 1.48% | 2026-08-31 |
| Amvescap Plc. | 5,210,041 | 1.44% | 2026-03-31 |
| Independent Franchise Partners LLP | 4,941,737 | 1.37% | 2026-06-30 |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 3,729,923 | 1.03% | 2026-06-30 |
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
Fiscal 2026 marked a pivotal operational recovery following steep losses in fiscal 2025. Net sales rose 5.3% to $15.05 billion, and reported net income returned to positive territory at $182 million after absorbing severe non-cash impairment charges in the prior year. More importantly, free cash flow rebounded 96% to $1.32 billion, driven by disciplined working capital and clean inventory channels. This performance proves that the destocking crisis in Asian travel retail is over. While reported operating income was weighed down by upfront restructuring expenses, adjusted operating profit expanded significantly. As one-time severance and restructuring charges conclude, reported earnings should converge with underlying operational cash generation.
Fiscal 2026 marked a pivotal operational recovery following steep losses in fiscal 2025. Net sales rose 5.3% to $15.05 billion, and reported net income returned to positive territory at $182 million after absorbing severe non-cash impairment charges in the prior year. More importantly, free cash flow rebounded 96% to $1.32 billion, driven by disciplined working capital and clean inventory channels. This performance proves that the destocking crisis in Asian travel retail is over. While reported operating income was weighed down by upfront restructuring expenses, adjusted operating profit expanded significantly. As one-time severance and restructuring charges conclude, reported earnings should converge with underlying operational cash generation.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: USD 15.0B | Max: USD 17.7B | Min: USD -1.6B
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: >100x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
A striking divergence exists between gross and operating profitability. Gross margins widened to 75.5% in fiscal 2026, proving that brand prestige, pricing power, and luxury fragrance demand remain intact. Conversely, reported operating margins sat at 5.18% due to temporary restructuring outlays. This spread confirms that past earnings collapses stemmed from operating overhead and channel mismanagement rather than product discounting. As the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan removes $1.2 billion in structural costs, operating margins are positioned to climb steadily back toward double digits over the coming years.
A striking divergence exists between gross and operating profitability. Gross margins widened to 75.5% in fiscal 2026, proving that brand prestige, pricing power, and luxury fragrance demand remain intact. Conversely, reported operating margins sat at 5.18% due to temporary restructuring outlays. This spread confirms that past earnings collapses stemmed from operating overhead and channel mismanagement rather than product discounting. As the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan removes $1.2 billion in structural costs, operating margins are positioned to climb steadily back toward double digits over the coming years.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 75.5% | Max: 79.4% | Min: -7.9%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2026-06-30
Gross Margin
75.5%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
11.1%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
1.2%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
8.7%
Free cash flow / revenue
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Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-30 | 11,824,000,000 | 1,249,000,000 | 1,296,000,000 |
| 2018-06-30 | 13,683,000,000 | 1,108,000,000 | 1,944,000,000 |
| 2019-06-30 | 14,863,000,000 | 1,785,000,000 | 1,773,000,000 |
| 2020-06-30 | 14,294,000,000 | 684,000,000 | 1,657,000,000 |
| 2021-06-30 | 16,215,000,000 | 2,870,000,000 | 2,994,000,000 |
| 2022-06-30 | 17,737,000,000 | 2,390,000,000 | 2,000,000,000 |
| 2023-06-30 | 15,910,000,000 | 1,006,000,000 | -1,558,000,000 |
| 2024-06-30 | 15,608,000,000 | 390,000,000 | 1,441,000,000 |
| 2025-06-30 | 14,326,000,000 | -1,133,000,000 | 670,000,000 |
| 2026-06-30 | 15,049,000,000 | 182,000,000 | 1,316,000,000 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 158.25 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2024-06-30 | 98.22 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2023-06-30 | 70.28 | Annual net income |
| 2022-06-30 | 38.4 | Annual net income |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-30 | 79.39 | 14.41 | 10.56 | 10.96 |
| 2018-06-30 | 79.22 | 15.02 | 8.1 | 14.21 |
| 2019-06-30 | 77.21 | 15.56 | 12.01 | 11.93 |
| 2020-06-30 | 75.15 | 4.24 | 4.79 | 11.59 |
| 2021-06-30 | 76.36 | 16.15 | 17.7 | 18.46 |
| 2022-06-30 | 75.73 | 17.87 | 13.47 | 11.28 |
| 2023-06-30 | 71.31 | 9.48 | 6.32 | -9.79 |
| 2024-06-30 | 71.66 | 6.21 | 2.5 | 9.23 |
| 2025-06-30 | 73.97 | 7.96 | -7.91 | 4.68 |
| 2026-06-30 | 75.5 | 11.14 | 1.21 | 8.74 |
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