Global cosmetics company producing makeup, skincare, haircare, and fragrance products with iconic brands like Lancôme, Maybelline, and Garnier.
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L'Oréal: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.
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L'Oréal Profile & Fundamentals
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Company Profile & Ownership
L'Oréal S.A., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cosmetic products for women and men in Europe, North America, North Asia, South Asia Pacific, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. It operates through four divisions: Professional Products, Consumer Products, Luxe, and Dermatological Beauty. The company offers skincare, make-up, hair colourant, haircare, perfume, and hygiene products. It provides its products under the L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup, Stylenanda, Essie, Dark & Lovely, Mixa, Niely, L'Oréal Professionnel, Kérastase, Redken, Matrix, Pureology, Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Armani Beauty, Kiehl's, Helena Rubinstein, Aesop, Biotherm, Valentino, Prada, Shu Uemura, IT Cosmetics, Mugler, Ralph Lauren, Urban Decay, Azzaro, Maison Margiela, Viktor&Rolf, Takami, La RochePosay, CeraVe, Vichy, SkinCeuticals, Skinbetter Science, and other brand names. The company sells its products through distribution channels, such as hair salons, local stores, e-commerce, travel retail, mass market retail, department store perfumeries, pharmacies, drug stores, medi-spas, and free-standing stores. L'Oréal S.A. was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Clichy, France.
Company profile record
LOréal S.A.
Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Personal Care Products
Company
- Company / asset
- LOréal S.A.
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry
- Personal Care Products
- HQ
- 🇫🇷 France
- Head office
- 41, Rue Martre, Clichy, France, 92117
Leadership & scale
- Chief executive
- Mr. Nicolas Hieronimus
- CEO year born
- 1964
- Full-time employees
- 95K
- Fiscal year end
- December
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- EUR 200.0B
- P/E
- 18.0x
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- EUR 23.8B
- Profit (Q2 26)
- EUR 3.5B
- Dividend Yield
- 1.4%
- Revenue (FY 25)
- EUR 44.1B
- Shares in public float
- 231.7M
- Insider ownership
- 57.23%
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- OR.PAR
- Listing
- 🇫🇷 France | Dividend Tax: 25%
- Ticker Currency
- EUR
- Income Statement Currency
- EUR
- Balance Sheet Currency
- EUR
- Cash Flow Currency
- EUR
- EPS Currency
- EUR
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- FR0000120321
- Asset ID
- equity_789b8a92-7cca-5c0b-bf76-5192d283804a
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 535.4M | Max: 563.6M | Min: 535.4M
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
43.27%
231.7M latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
57.23%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
--
Latest reported short interest / float
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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 | 563,633,300 |
| 2018-01-01 | 562,955,000 |
| 2019-01-01 | 562,379,100 |
| 2020-01-01 | 562,038,200 |
| 2021-01-01 | 557,648,600 |
| 2022-01-01 | 537,773,600 |
| 2023-01-01 | 536,905,600 |
| 2024-01-01 | 535,668,000 |
| 2025-01-01 | 535,768,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 535,438,600 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
L'Oreal's revenue recovered strongly in the first half of 2026, reaching 23.8 billion euros with 6.5% organic growth after a slower 2025 where sales rose just 1.3%. This acceleration was spearheaded by clinical skincare and premium haircare, proving that everyday personal care routines remain resilient even when Chinese luxury demand falters. Operating profit climbed 6.8% to 5.06 billion euros, setting a record first-half operating margin of 21.3%. However, higher financing charges and amortization from recent brand acquisitions meant reported net income grew more slowly at 4.7%. Despite this dilution, the underlying business converts operational gains into substantial cash, generating 7.16 billion euros in free cash flow during 2025 to reliably fund dividends and strategic expansion.
L'Oreal's revenue recovered strongly in the first half of 2026, reaching 23.8 billion euros with 6.5% organic growth after a slower 2025 where sales rose just 1.3%. This acceleration was spearheaded by clinical skincare and premium haircare, proving that everyday personal care routines remain resilient even when Chinese luxury demand falters. Operating profit climbed 6.8% to 5.06 billion euros, setting a record first-half operating margin of 21.3%. However, higher financing charges and amortization from recent brand acquisitions meant reported net income grew more slowly at 4.7%. Despite this dilution, the underlying business converts operational gains into substantial cash, generating 7.16 billion euros in free cash flow during 2025 to reliably fund dividends and strategic expansion.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: EUR 44.1B | Max: EUR 44.1B | Min: EUR 3.1B
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: 19x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
L'Oreal's profitability demonstrates formidable pricing strength. Gross margins expanded to 74.3% in 2025 and reached 74.8% in mid-2026, showing that premium skincare and fragrances easily absorb packaging and raw chemical inflation. Operating margins hit a record 21.3% in first-half 2026, structurally lifted by high-margin dermatological brands. Crucially, this margin expansion occurred while increasing advertising and promotional spending by 70 basis points to support brand visibility. This virtuous financial model generates surplus gross profit that funds aggressive marketing, which in turn defends retail shelf space and pricing power against lower-priced competitors across global channels.
L'Oreal's profitability demonstrates formidable pricing strength. Gross margins expanded to 74.3% in 2025 and reached 74.8% in mid-2026, showing that premium skincare and fragrances easily absorb packaging and raw chemical inflation. Operating margins hit a record 21.3% in first-half 2026, structurally lifted by high-margin dermatological brands. Crucially, this margin expansion occurred while increasing advertising and promotional spending by 70 basis points to support brand visibility. This virtuous financial model generates surplus gross profit that funds aggressive marketing, which in turn defends retail shelf space and pricing power against lower-priced competitors across global channels.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 74.3% | Max: 74.3% | Min: 12.5%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2025-12-31
Gross Margin
74.3%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
20.2%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
13.9%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
16.3%
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 26,411,278,000 | 3,292,148,000 | 3,571,988,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 30,968,203,000 | 4,261,866,000 | 4,680,389,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 30,708,636,000 | 4,440,756,000 | 4,418,412,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 33,458,432,000 | 4,200,000,000 | 5,635,616,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 34,150,362,000 | 4,347,348,000 | 6,686,698,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 36,807,864,000 | 5,240,694,000 | 6,444,648,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 40,938,842,000 | 6,106,062,000 | 5,280,557,000 |
| 2023-12-31 | 45,300,750,000 | 6,802,400,000 | 6,727,490,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | 45,226,272,000 | 6,665,048,000 | 6,910,072,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | 51,540,840,000 | 7,168,824,000 | 8,379,072,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 19.04 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2022-12-31 | 31.44 | Annual net income |
| 2021-12-31 | 50.58 | 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 71.63 | 18.08 | 12.46 | 13.52 |
| 2017-12-31 | 71.72 | 17.97 | 13.76 | 15.11 |
| 2018-12-31 | 72.78 | 18.27 | 14.46 | 14.39 |
| 2019-12-31 | 73 | 18.57 | 12.55 | 16.84 |
| 2020-12-31 | 73.09 | 18.61 | 12.73 | 19.58 |
| 2021-12-31 | 73.88 | 19.08 | 14.24 | 17.51 |
| 2022-12-31 | 72.35 | 19.49 | 14.92 | 12.9 |
| 2023-12-31 | 73.86 | 19.77 | 15.02 | 14.85 |
| 2024-12-31 | 74.18 | 19.98 | 14.74 | 15.28 |
| 2025-12-31 | 74.32 | 20.19 | 13.91 | 16.26 |
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