Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.30 EPS

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.30, Zacks reports. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 1.31%. The firm had revenue of $4 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.98 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.88 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. Estée Lauder Companies updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.200-0.300 EPS and its Q3 guidance to $0.20 to $0.30 EPS.

Estée Lauder Companies Price Performance

Shares of EL stock traded down $0.08 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $65.87. The company had a trading volume of 1,415,685 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,145,892. Estée Lauder Companies has a 12-month low of $62.29 and a 12-month high of $159.54. The company has a market capitalization of $23.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 117.79, a PEG ratio of 5.89 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 1.32. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $77.05 and a 200-day moving average of $83.39.

Estée Lauder Companies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be issued a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.13%. Estée Lauder Companies’s payout ratio is 250.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Estée Lauder Companies

In other Estée Lauder Companies news, Director Paul J. Fribourg bought 77,500 shares of Estée Lauder Companies stock in a transaction on Friday, November 15th. The shares were bought at an average price of $64.01 per share, for a total transaction of $4,960,775.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 234,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,010,345. This trade represents a 49.36 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 12.78% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have commented on EL. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $80.00 to $78.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Citigroup lowered Estée Lauder Companies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $105.00 to $80.00 in a report on Thursday, October 31st. B. Riley dropped their target price on Estée Lauder Companies from $95.00 to $70.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Bank of America decreased their price target on Estée Lauder Companies from $100.00 to $75.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Twenty investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $90.05.

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.