Estée Lauder Companies (EL) to Release Earnings on Tuesday

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) is projected to post its quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, February 4th. Analysts expect Estée Lauder Companies to post earnings of $0.31 per share and revenue of $3,978,380.37 billion for the quarter. Estée Lauder Companies has set its Q2 2025 guidance at 0.200-0.350 EPS and its Q2 guidance at $0.20-0.35 EPS.Individual that are interested in participating in the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.05. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 1.31%. The company had revenue of $3.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.37 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.11 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Estée Lauder Companies to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Estée Lauder Companies Trading Up 1.4 %

NYSE:EL opened at $83.66 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $30.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 149.39, a P/E/G ratio of 5.60 and a beta of 1.02. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $75.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of $84.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 0.90. Estée Lauder Companies has a 12-month low of $62.29 and a 12-month high of $159.75.

Estée Lauder Companies Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th were issued a dividend of $0.35 per share. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 250.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Estée Lauder Companies

In related news, Director Paul J. Fribourg bought 77,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 15th. The stock was bought at an average price of $64.01 per share, for a total transaction of $4,960,775.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 234,500 shares in the company, valued at $15,010,345. This represents a 49.36 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Fabrizio Freda sold 10,969 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.76, for a total transaction of $743,259.44. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 295,838 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,045,982.88. This represents a 3.58 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 12.78% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on EL shares. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $100.00 to $75.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Estée Lauder Companies from $72.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Hsbc Global Res downgraded Estée Lauder Companies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered Estée Lauder Companies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $125.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, HSBC downgraded shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $100.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $93.68.

Estée Lauder Companies Company Profile

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