Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL Ratios & Valuation
| Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 74.7%+0.4pp | 74.3%+0.1pp | 74.2%+0.2pp | 74%+0.1pp | 73.8%+0.8pp | |
| Operating margin | 2.9%-0.4pp | 3.3%+6.7pp | -3.4%+2.1pp | -5.5%— | —— | |
| Net margin | -1.7%-0.5pp | -1.2%+5.2pp | -6.4%+1.5pp | -7.9%— | —— | |
| EBITDA margin | 8.3%-0.5pp | 8.8%+6.6pp | 2.3%+1.9pp | 0.3%— | —— | |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.7%+0.9pp | 7.8%+0.5pp | 7.2%+2.6pp | 4.7%-1.7pp | 6.4%-1.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | -5.9%-1.6pp | -4.3%+16.4pp | -20.7%+4.0pp | -24.7%— | —— | |
| Return on assets | -1.3%-0.4pp | -0.9%+3.7pp | -4.6%+0.9pp | -5.5%— | —— | |
| Return on invested capital | 2.1%-0.2pp | 2.3%+6.5pp | -4.2%+3.0pp | -7.2%— | —— | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.8×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 1.9×0.0× | 1.9×+0.2× | 1.7×0.0× | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.8×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.4×-0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 2.2×-0.1× | 2.3×-0.1× | 2.4×0.0× | 2.5×+0.3× | 2.2×-0.1× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.6×-0.3× | 4.9×-17.2× | 22.1×-127× | 149.4×— | —— | |
| Interest coverage | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×+2.8× | -1.4×+0.8× | -2.2×— | —— | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $10.93-1.1% | $11.05+3.2% | $10.71-0.2% | $10.73-10.7% | $12.02+3.8% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $25.96B-31.2% | $37.74B+18.8% | $31.75B+14.6% | $27.72B+16.8% | $23.74B-11.8% | |
| Enterprise value | $31.63B-28.2% | $44.04B+13.1% | $38.95B+13.6% | $34.29B+12.5% | $30.49B-9.6% | |
| Price / sales | 1.8×-0.8× | 2.6×+0.4× | 2.2×+0.3× | 1.9×+0.3× | 1.6×-0.2× | |
| Price / book | 6.5×-2.9× | 9.4×+1.2× | 8.2×+1.0× | 7.2×+1.7× | 5.5×-1.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.6×-8.4× | 34×-85.5× | 119.5×-660× | 779.4×— | —— | |
| EV / sales | 2.1×-0.9× | 3×+0.3× | 2.7×+0.3× | 2.4×+0.3× | 2.1×-0.2× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.9%+1.9pp | 3%-0.3pp | 3.3%+0.9pp | 2.4%-1.6pp | 4%-0.3pp | |
| Earnings yield | -1%-0.5pp | -0.5%+2.5pp | -2.9%+1.2pp | -4.1%— | —— | |
| Dividend yield | 2%+0.6pp | 1.3%-0.2pp | 1.6%-0.6pp | 2.2%-0.8pp | 3.1%0.0pp |
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- What are Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s profit margins?
- Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) runs a 74.7% gross margin and a 2.9% operating margin, with a -1.7% net margin.
- Where do Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
