Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Releases Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL - Get Free Report) updated its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.200-0.300 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.640. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.5 billion-$3.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.7 billion. Estée Lauder Companies also updated its Q3 guidance to $0.20 to $0.30 EPS.

Estée Lauder Companies Trading Down 16.2 %

Shares of NYSE EL traded down $13.38 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $69.40. 17,771,371 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,935,319. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 123.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.89 and a beta of 1.03. The company's 50 day moving average price is $77.29 and its 200 day moving average price is $83.73. Estée Lauder Companies has a 12 month low of $62.29 and a 12 month high of $159.75. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $4 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.98 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 1.31%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.88 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Estée Lauder Companies will post 1.5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

EL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Telsey Advisory Group reissued a "market perform" rating and set a $76.00 price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research report on Tuesday. Hsbc Global Res downgraded shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. B. Riley reduced their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $95.00 to $70.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 4th. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $92.95.

Insider Buying and Selling at Estée Lauder Companies

In related news, Director Paul J. Fribourg acquired 75,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 18th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $64.93 per share, with a total value of $4,902,215.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 310,000 shares in the company, valued at $20,128,300. This represents a 32.20 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 12.78% of the company's stock.

Estée Lauder Companies Company Profile

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. It offers skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as lipsticks, lip glosses, mascaras, foundations, eyeshadows, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools.