Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q3 '26 | TTM Q2 '26 | TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 297.2%+6.3pp | 296.3%+8.6pp | 295.1%+10.4pp | 293.2%+10.6pp | 290.9%+8.6pp | |
| Operating margin | -2.7%— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Net margin | -17.2%— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| EBITDA margin | 19.7%— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Free cash flow margin | 28.3%-3.5pp | 26.1%-6.7pp | 25.9%-4.7pp | 27.3%0.0pp | 31.8%+9.2pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | -55.7%— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Return on assets | -12.2%— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Return on invested capital | -7.1%— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 2.9×+0.1× | 2.8×+0.1× | 2.8×0.0× | 2.8×0.0× | 2.8×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 7.4×+0.4× | 7.2×+0.4× | 7.1×+0.4× | 7×+0.5× | 7×+0.6× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 5.2×-0.2× | 5.4×-0.3× | 5.4×-0.2× | 5.4×-0.4× | 5.5×-0.4× | |
| Quick ratio | 3.8×-0.1× | 3.9×-0.2× | 3.8×-0.2× | 3.8×-0.3× | 3.9×-0.2× | |
| Cash ratio | 2.1×0.0× | 2.1×-0.1× | 2×-0.3× | 2×-0.4× | 2.1×-0.4× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 9.4×+1.4× | 9.4×+1.9× | 9.3×+2.5× | 8.7×+2.1× | 8×+1.5× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 1.9×+0.1× | 1.9×+0.2× | 1.9×+0.2× | 1.9×+0.3× | 1.8×+0.2× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 180.9×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Interest coverage | -0.9×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $43.42-17.3% | $44.51-21.0% | $45.04-25.7% | $48.47-21.0% | $52.47-15.5% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $123.17B-1.1% | $120.95B-22.5% | $110.13B-39.3% | $114.16B-42.2% | $124.59B-45.7% | |
| Enterprise value | $148.92B-1.5% | $147.78B-18.6% | $137.45B-33.0% | $141.43B-35.7% | $151.25B-39.8% | |
| Price / sales | 8.5×+0.3× | 8.3×-1.8× | 7.5×-4.3× | 7.6×-5.2× | 8.1×-6.7× | |
| Price / book | 31.2×+5.1× | 30.2×-0.1× | 27.3×-5.7× | 26.1×-9.5× | 26.1×-14.9× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 958.4×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| EV / sales | 10.2×+0.3× | 10.2×-1.6× | 9.4×-4.0× | 9.5×-4.8× | 9.9×-6.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 13.7%-2.1pp | 12.7%-1.1pp | 14%+2.9pp | 14.4%+5.4pp | 15.7%+9.5pp | |
| Earnings yield | -8.4%— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Dividend yield | 7.1%-4.2pp | 8.2%-1.7pp | 10%+1.3pp | 11.1%+3.2pp | 11.3%+4.7pp |
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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.
