The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) Expected to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.10 Per Share

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) – DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report issued on Tuesday, August 20th. DA Davidson analyst L. Weiser forecasts that the company will earn $0.10 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $130.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Estée Lauder Companies’ current full-year earnings is $2.21 per share.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 19th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.39. The company had revenue of $3.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.80 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 13.08% and a net margin of 4.18%. Estée Lauder Companies’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.07 earnings per share.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Bank of America cut shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $140.00 to $100.00 in a report on Friday, August 16th. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $100.00 price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research report on Tuesday. Raymond James lowered shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 2nd. Finally, Bernstein Bank increased their price objective on Estée Lauder Companies from $155.00 to $160.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 1st. Fifteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $124.39.

Estée Lauder Companies Stock Performance

Shares of EL opened at $91.44 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. Estée Lauder Companies has a 52-week low of $86.05 and a 52-week high of $165.76. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $101.24 and a 200 day moving average price of $126.48. The company has a market capitalization of $32.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.99.

Estée Lauder Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be issued a $0.66 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 30th. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.89%. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 148.31%.

Insider Activity

In other Estée Lauder Companies news, EVP Jane Lauder sold 14,976 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $121.26, for a total value of $1,815,989.76. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 57,389 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,958,990.14. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 12.77% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of EL. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Estée Lauder Companies by 6.4% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,686,550 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,188,832,000 after acquiring an additional 1,250,555 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies by 13.6% in the 4th quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 4,151,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $607,169,000 after purchasing an additional 496,308 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies during the 4th quarter worth about $518,975,000. Independent Franchise Partners LLP increased its position in Estée Lauder Companies by 44.4% during the 2nd quarter. Independent Franchise Partners LLP now owns 3,466,048 shares of the company’s stock worth $368,788,000 after purchasing an additional 1,066,320 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its holdings in Estée Lauder Companies by 4.6% in the first quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 3,163,232 shares of the company’s stock valued at $487,612,000 after buying an additional 140,416 shares during the period. 55.15% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.