The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) Stock

About The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is a global entity dedicated to the development, marketing, and sale of a diverse range of premium beauty and personal care items worldwide. Its extensive product catalog encompasses numerous offerings across four primary categories. For skin care, it provides moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, body treatments, exfoliants, acne and oil control solutions, facial masks, specialized cleansing devices, and sun protection. In makeup, consumers can find lipsticks, glosses, mascaras, foundations, eyeshadows, nail polishes, powders, compacts, brushes, and various other cosmetic tools. The fragrance segment includes eau de parfum sprays, colognes, scented lotions, powders, creams, candles, and soaps. Lastly, its hair care selection features shampoos, conditioners, styling aids, treatments, finishing sprays, and hair color products. Beyond these, the company also offers ancillary products and services. Estée Lauder boasts an impressive portfolio of owned brands, such as Clinique, M·A·C, Aveda, La Mer, Jo Malone London, and The Ordinary, among many others. Furthermore, it operates under license agreements for notable fashion labels including Tommy Hilfiger and Michael Kors. These products are distributed globally through a broad network of retail channels, comprising high-end department stores, specialty multi-brand retailers, luxury perfumeries and pharmacies, salons and spas, exclusive freestanding stores, its own and authorized online platforms, major third-party e-commerce sites, airport retail locations, and in-flight and duty-free concessions. Established in 1946, the company maintains its corporate headquarters in New York, New York.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is led by CEO Stephane de la Faverie, employs 57,000 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 1995.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) stock trades at $81.65 with a market capitalization of $29.53B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.47, price-to-book of 8.21, price-to-sales of 2.21. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $56.18 and $121.64, and currently trades 32.9% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.54%.

On profitability, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -5.95%, return on capital employed of 24.79%, an operating margin of 7.56%, a net profit margin of -1.67%.

In its most recent fiscal year, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. reported annual revenue of $14.3B, net profit of $-1.1B, revenue has compounded at -0.0% a year over the last five years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.33 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 1.30, total assets of $19.9B, $2.9B in cash and equivalents.

EL has an average daily trading volume of 3,449,969 shares, a beta of 1.25.

Official website: www.elcompanies.com