Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.78-2.98 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.96. The company issued revenue guidance of (1%)-2% yr/yr to ~$15.45-15.92 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.48 billion. Estée Lauder Companies also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.750-2.950 EPS.

Estée Lauder Companies Stock Performance

Shares of EL stock opened at $91.55 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $32.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.58. Estée Lauder Companies has a one year low of $86.05 and a one year high of $165.76. The company’s 50-day moving average is $101.69 and its 200 day moving average is $126.73.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 19th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.39. The company had revenue of $3.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.80 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a net margin of 4.18% and a return on equity of 13.08%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.07 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that Estée Lauder Companies will post 2.21 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Estée Lauder Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.66 per share. This represents a $2.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.88%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 30th. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 148.31%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EL has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $136.00 to $117.00 and set an equal weight rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 19th. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $180.00 to $130.00 and set an outperform rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Estée Lauder Companies from $129.00 to $105.00 and set an overweight rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on Estée Lauder Companies from $115.00 to $100.00 and set a neutral rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a hold rating and issued a $100.00 target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research report on Tuesday. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Estée Lauder Companies currently has an average rating of Hold and an average price target of $124.13.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Jane Lauder sold 14,976 shares of Estée Lauder Companies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $121.26, for a total value of $1,815,989.76. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 57,389 shares in the company, valued at $6,958,990.14. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 12.77% of the company’s stock.

About Estée Lauder Companies

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, nail polishes, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools.