The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL)Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | New York, United States | NYSE
76.20 USD
+0.86
(1.141%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 76.39 +0.19 (0.249%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. EDT
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) stock is currently experiencing a mixed environment. Short-term traders may find opportunities in the recent price dips, especially given the recent dividend payments and the potential for a rebound. However, the stock's fundamentals are mixed, with a negative profit margin and high debt-to-equity ratio, which may limit long-term growth. Dividend investors should consider EL for its consistent payouts, though the payout ratio is moderate. The options activity suggests a cautious approach, with traders balancing both bullish and bearish positions. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.251171 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.251171 |
| MSTL | 0.262778 |
| AutoTheta | 0.338117 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 32.42 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.128 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.47 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-02-26 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-02-26 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 232.945 |
| Revenue per Share | 40.634 |
| Market Cap | 27,563,599,872 |
| Forward P/E | 25.25 |
| Beta | 1.25 |
| Profit Margins | -1.21% |
| Website | https://www.elcompanies.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows mixed signals. Call options are concentrated around the current price, with significant OI at strikes like 72.5 and 73.0, suggesting some bullish sentiment. However, put options show higher volume and OI at lower strikes, indicating potential bearish sentiment. The IV spikes at certain strikes, particularly for puts, suggest increased uncertainty or fear among traders. Overall, the market is showing a balance between bullish and bearish views, with a slight edge towards caution.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.32% | 1.61% | 1.90% | 1.51% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | 0.35000 | 0.319722 |
| 2025-11-28 | 0.35000 | 0.373231 |
| 2025-09-02 | 0.35000 | 0.388164 |
| 2025-05-30 | 0.35000 | 0.528480 |
| 2025-02-28 | 0.35000 | 0.494475 |
| 2024-11-29 | 0.35000 | 0.495411 |
| 2024-08-30 | 0.66000 | 0.738546 |
| 2024-05-31 | 0.66000 | 0.552789 |
| 2024-02-28 | 0.66000 | 0.465225 |
| 2023-11-29 | 0.66000 | 0.548335 |
| 2023-08-30 | 0.66000 | 0.423265 |
| 2023-05-30 | 0.66000 | 0.362261 |
| 2023-02-27 | 0.66000 | 0.288091 |
| 2022-11-29 | 0.66000 | 0.325433 |
| 2022-08-30 | 0.60000 | 0.248078 |
| 2022-05-27 | 0.60000 | 0.253835 |
| 2022-02-25 | 0.60000 | 0.213402 |
| 2021-11-29 | 0.60000 | 0.188862 |
| 2021-08-30 | 0.53000 | 0.165459 |
| 2021-05-27 | 0.53000 | 0.187515 |
| 2021-02-25 | 0.53000 | 0.196875 |
| 2020-11-27 | 0.53000 | 0.232260 |
| 2020-08-28 | 0.48000 | 0.232559 |
| 2020-02-27 | 0.48000 | 0.285054 |
| 2019-11-27 | 0.48000 | 0.265828 |
| 2019-08-29 | 0.43000 | 0.229755 |
| 2019-05-30 | 0.43000 | 0.283074 |
| 2019-02-27 | 0.43000 | 0.299288 |
| 2018-11-29 | 0.43000 | 0.333093 |
| 2018-08-30 | 0.38000 | 0.299500 |
| 2018-05-30 | 0.38000 | 0.277093 |
| 2018-02-27 | 0.38000 | 0.300472 |
| 2017-11-29 | 0.38000 | 0.339802 |
| 2017-08-29 | 0.34000 | 0.357554 |
| 2017-05-26 | 0.34000 | 0.404644 |
| 2017-02-24 | 0.34000 | 0.454369 |
| 2016-11-28 | 0.34000 | 0.487098 |
| 2016-08-29 | 0.30000 | 0.372654 |
| 2016-05-26 | 0.30000 | 0.371516 |
| 2016-02-25 | 0.30000 | 0.367744 |
| 2015-11-25 | 0.30000 | 0.400398 |
| 2015-08-27 | 0.24000 | 0.342843 |
| 2015-05-27 | 0.24000 | 0.310192 |
| 2015-02-25 | 0.24000 | 0.337208 |
| 2014-11-25 | 0.24000 | 0.377995 |
| 2014-08-27 | 0.20000 | 0.300648 |
| 2014-05-28 | 0.20000 | 0.306848 |
| 2014-02-26 | 0.20000 | 0.342375 |
| 2013-11-26 | 0.20000 | 0.310961 |
| 2013-08-28 | 0.18000 | 0.322211 |
| 2013-05-29 | 0.18000 | 0.305217 |
| 2013-02-26 | 0.18000 | 0.339768 |
| 2012-11-28 | 0.72000 | 1.463538 |
| 2011-11-23 | 0.52500 | 1.165658 |
| 2010-11-24 | 0.37500 | 1.191586 |
| 2009-11-25 | 0.27500 | 1.389415 |
| 2008-11-26 | 0.27500 | 2.452891 |
| 2007-12-05 | 0.27500 | 1.589699 |
| 2006-12-06 | 0.25000 | 1.535934 |
| 2005-12-07 | 0.20000 | 1.544023 |
| 2004-12-08 | 0.20000 | 1.171061 |
| 2003-12-12 | 0.15000 | 1.037807 |
| 2002-12-10 | 0.10000 | 0.964911 |
| 2002-06-12 | 0.02500 | 0.180127 |
| 2002-03-13 | 0.02500 | 0.207958 |
| 2001-12-12 | 0.02500 | 0.206232 |
| 2001-09-17 | 0.01250 | 0.095189 |
| 2001-06-13 | 0.02500 | 0.159931 |
| 2001-03-14 | 0.02500 | 0.177911 |
| 2000-12-13 | 0.02500 | 0.152824 |
| 2000-09-13 | 0.02500 | 0.159091 |
| 2000-06-14 | 0.02500 | 0.143605 |
| 2000-03-14 | 0.02500 | 0.166573 |
| 1999-12-14 | 0.02500 | 0.160119 |
| 1999-09-14 | 0.02500 | 0.155708 |
| 1999-06-14 | 0.02500 | 0.149047 |
| 1999-03-12 | 0.02125 | 0.124604 |
| 1998-12-14 | 0.02125 | 0.159888 |
| 1998-09-11 | 0.02125 | 0.218733 |
| 1998-06-11 | 0.02125 | 0.182070 |
| 1998-03-12 | 0.02125 | 0.183030 |
| 1997-12-12 | 0.02125 | 0.215096 |
| 1997-09-10 | 0.02125 | 0.235315 |
| 1997-06-10 | 0.02125 | 0.229616 |
| 1997-03-12 | 0.02125 | 0.237606 |
| 1996-12-12 | 0.02125 | 0.240462 |
| 1996-09-11 | 0.02125 | 0.266967 |
| 1996-06-12 | 0.02125 | 0.287972 |
| 1996-03-13 | 0.02125 | 0.330095 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.38518107 |
| Address1 | 767 Fifth Avenue |
| All Time High | 374.2 |
| All Time Low | 7.9375 |
| Ask | 76.8 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.4 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,432,640 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,872,480 |
| Average Volume | 4,872,480 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,432,640 |
| Beta | 1.252 |
| Bid | 75.39 |
| Bid Size | 400 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 11.146 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 76.2 |
| Current Ratio | 1.358 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 78.88 |
| Day Low | 76.01 |
| Debt To Equity | 232.945 |
| Display Name | The Estée Lauder Companies |
| Dividend Date | 1,773,619,200 |
| Dividend Rate | 1.4 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.84 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,638,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,638,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,638,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,638,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,638,600 |
| Ebitda | 2,204,999,936 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.1503 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 15.361 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.309 |
| Enterprise Value | 33,871,601,664 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.21521 |
| Eps Forward | 3.01733 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.51 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 90.4354 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -14.235405 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.15740965 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 38.51811 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 121.64 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -45.440002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.37356135 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 52.51 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 23.689999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.45115215 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 52.51 - 121.64 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 816,618,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.59 |
| Float Shares | 246,213,129 |
| Forward Eps | 3.01733 |
| Forward P E | 25.254114 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,695,000,064 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 40,470 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.74317 |
| Gross Profits | 10,903,000,064 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0155299995 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.96041 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 361,727,043 |
| Industry | Household & Personal Products |
| Industry Disp | Household & Personal Products |
| Industry Key | household-personal-products |
| Ir Website | http://investors.elcompanies.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109458&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.35 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,241,600 |
| Last Split Date | 1,327,276,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company offers skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, eye care, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as foundations, powders, concealers and setting sprays, lipsticks, lip liners and lip glosses, mascaras, and eyeshadows and eyeliners, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. It also provides fragrance products in various forms comprising parfum, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, and body spray, as well as lotions, creams, powders, candles and soaps; and hair care products, including shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair colour products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. The company offers its products under the La Mer, Jo Malone London, TOM FORD, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, KILIAN PARIS, BALMAIN Beauty, Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C, The Ordinary, Aveda, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, Bumble and bumble, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, Smashbox, Darphin Paris, Lab Series, NIOD, Aramis, and GLAMGLOW brands. It sells its products through department stores, duty-free retailers, specialty multi retailers, online pure players, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and top-tier salons and spas, as well as direct-to-consumer businesses across freestanding stores, and brand websites and third-party online platforms. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, New York. |
| Long Name | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 27,563,599,872 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_207221 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -178,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 27,563,600,675 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 22 |
| Open | 76.87 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,670,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.14259 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 4.7143 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.42 |
| Phone | 212 572 4200 |
| Post Market Change | 0.19000244 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.24934705 |
| Post Market Price | 76.39 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,285 |
| Previous Close | 75.34 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 34.398544 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 6.836533 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.8787813 |
| Profit Margins | -0.012130001 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.899 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.41667 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.860001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.14149 |
| Regular Market Day High | 78.88 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 76.01 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 76.01 - 78.88 |
| Regular Market Open | 76.87 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 75.34 |
| Regular Market Price | 76.2 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,003 |
| Regular Market Volume | 4,177,994 |
| Return On Assets | 0.04423 |
| Return On Equity | -0.04341 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.056 |
| Revenue Per Share | 40.634 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 247,219,699 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0226 |
| Shares Short | 8,172,459 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 11,790,086 |
| Short Name | Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.037100002 |
| Short Ratio | 1.49 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | EL |
| Target High Price | 125.0 |
| Target Low Price | 65.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 97.27273 |
| Target Median Price | 100.5 |
| Total Cash | 3,081,999,872 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 8.52 |
| Total Debt | 9,390,000,128 |
| Total Revenue | 14,670,999,552 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 1.4 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.018582426 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.51 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.4246 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 94.7126 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -18.512604 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.19546083 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 4,177,994 |
| Website | https://www.elcompanies.com |
| Zip | 10,153 |