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Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL Free cash flow yield

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5.5%
Colgate-Palmolive logo
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5.5%+0.9pp
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3.6%-3.9pp
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2.2%-0.7pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.7B+4.6%
Gross profit$2.8B+6.6%
Operating income$249.0M-18.6%
Net income$89.0M-44.0%
EPS (diluted)$0.24-45.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.1B+18.8%
Total debt$8.8B-6.2%
Total equity$4.0B-8.1%
Total assets$19.7B-1.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$412.0M+45.1%
CapEx$102.0M-16.4%
Free cash flow$310.0M+91.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$30.68B+9.4%
Enterprise value$36.36B+3.8%
P/S2.1×+0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin74.7%+0.9pp
Operating margin2.9%
Net margin-1.7%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-5.9%
Debt / equity2.2×0.0×
Current ratio1.3×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Estee Lauder Companies Inc.’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Estee Lauder Companies Inc.’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s free cash flow yield?
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) reported free cash flow yield of 4.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s free cash flow yield increased by 24.0% year-over-year, from 4% to 4.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s free cash flow yield has grown at a 8.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 10.4% to 14.4%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.