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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EL | +15.44% | -54.63% | -14.61% | +1,476% |
| S&P | +16.23% | +94.45% | +14.22% | +1,023% |
The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. engages in the manufacture of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. It sells products under the following brand names: Estée Lauder, Clinique, Origins, MAC, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Jo Malone London, Aveda and Too Faced. Its channels consist of department stores, multi-brand retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and prestige salons and spas. The company was founded by Estee Lauder and Joseph Lauder in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
Estée Lauder reported continued declines as it strives to cut costs amid a soft global economy.
| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.41B | -11.7% |
| Gross Profit | $2.45B | -11.3% |
| Gross Margin | 71.97% | 0.3% |
| Market Cap | $29.07B | -23.8% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $0.51M | 0.0% |
| Employees | 57K | -8.1% |
| Net Income | -$546.00M | -90.9% |
| EBITDA | $368.00M | -17.3% |
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| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $2.92B | -14.0% |
| Accounts Receivable | $1.53B | -11.4% |
| Inventory | 2.1K | -4.6% |
| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $9.06B | 1.0% |
| Short Term Debt | $409.00M | -52.3% |
| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | -5.45% | -7.1% |
| Return On Invested Capital | 11.14% | -4.4% |
| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | $394.00M | -41.4% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | $601.00M | -32.4% |
| Metric | Q4 2023 | Q1 2024 | Q2 2024 | Q3 2024 | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 112.92 | 86.70 | 98.54 | 178.02 | - |
| Price to Book | 6.73 | 5.29 | 5.69 | 6.69 | 0.73% |
| Price to Sales | 2.33 | 1.78 | 1.62 | 2.04 | -17.03% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | -17.77 | -11.78 | -11.51 | -15.59 | -12.24% |
| Price to Free Cash Flow TTM | 93.84 | 88.21 | 108.92 | 560.47 | 624.04% |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 106.38 | 61.77 | 50.42 | 96.99 | -3.39% |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | -86.19% |
| Return on Equity | 3.9% | -14.2% | -17.3% | -24.7% | -444.95% |
| Total Debt | $10.01B | $9.38B | $9.38B | $9.47B | -3.65% |

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