Warning Signs at Estee Lauder (and a Better Beauty Stock to Buy)

By Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe – Nov 16, 2024 at 4:03AM

NYSE: EL

Estée Lauder Companies

Market Cap

$33B

Today's Change

(-2.27%) $2.09

Current Price

$89.92

Price as of November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET

Estee Lauder still has a lot of work to do, while e.l.f. Beauty is in full-on growth mode.

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe break down the latest problems Estee Lauder (EL 2.27%) faces and why e.l.f. Beauty (ELF 4.31%) looks like the better buy in beauty stocks.

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Nov. 5, 2024. The video was published on Nov. 15, 2024.

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Jason Hall is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst with more than a decade of experience writing about dividend stocks and long-term investing. He has been with the company since 2012 and previously spent over 10 years in technical sales in the printing and information services industry. Jason also founded and operated a small food manufacturing business.

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