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Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL Operating Cash Flow

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$4.05B+9.2%
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$244M+29.8%
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$85K+101%
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-$3.92M-1,107%
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$559.7M+20.5%
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The Honest CompanyHNST
$5.52M+288%

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

Valuation

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Market cap$28.56B+6.5%
Enterprise value$34.24B+2.7%
P/S1.9×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin74.7%+0.9pp
Operating margin2.9%
Net margin-1.7%
FCF margin8.7%+2.3pp

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

Reported directly by Estee Lauder Companies Inc. in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

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 operating cash flow?
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) reported operating cash flow of $412M in Q1 2026.
How has Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s operating cash flow changed year-over-year?
Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s operating cash flow increased by 45.1% year-over-year, from $284M to $412M.
What is the long-term trend for Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s operating cash flow?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s operating cash flow has grown at a -25.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $3.04B to $1.27B.
What does operating cash flow mean?
Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.