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Return on equity at other companies

Kenvue logo
KenvueKVUE
15.7%+5.5pp
Ulta Beauty, Inc. logo
Ulta Beauty, Inc.ULTA
47.4%-3.0pp
Colgate-Palmolive logo
Colgate-PalmoliveCL
836.2%-141pp
Ralph Lauren logo
Ralph LaurenRL
34.7%+5.2pp
International Flavors & Fragrances logo
International Flavors & FragrancesIFF
6%+4.0pp

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$29.83B+9.4%
Enterprise value$35.51B+3.8%
P/S+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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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 return on equity?
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) reported return on equity of -5.9% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s return on equity?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s return on equity has grown at a -8.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 118.3% to 99.7%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.