The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL - Free Report) - Research analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research report issued on Monday, September 9th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.08 for the quarter. B. Riley has a "Neutral" rating and a $95.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Estée Lauder Companies' current full-year earnings is $2.99 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Estée Lauder Companies' Q2 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.10 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.64 EPS.
Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on EL. Raymond James lowered shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "market perform" rating in a report on Monday, July 22nd. Piper Sandler upgraded Estée Lauder Companies from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $95.00 to $114.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 22nd. DA Davidson restated a "buy" rating and issued a $130.00 target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Barclays lowered their price target on Estée Lauder Companies from $136.00 to $117.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 19th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 23rd. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $121.57.
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Estée Lauder Companies Trading Down 0.5 %
Shares of EL stock traded down $0.39 on Thursday, hitting $84.13. 2,792,787 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,091,590. Estée Lauder Companies has a twelve month low of $82.39 and a twelve month high of $159.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.17 billion, a PE ratio of 47.26, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.00. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $95.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $120.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.39.
Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 19th. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.39. The firm had revenue of $3.87 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.80 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 16.91% and a net margin of 2.50%. The firm's revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.07 earnings per share.
Estée Lauder Companies Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.66 per share. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.14%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 30th. Estée Lauder Companies's dividend payout ratio is presently 148.31%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, Director Charlene Barshefsky sold 3,437 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.93, for a total value of $315,963.41. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 49,800 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,578,114. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, Director Charlene Barshefsky sold 3,437 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.93, for a total transaction of $315,963.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 49,800 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,578,114. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Lynn Forester sold 3,890 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $93.61, for a total value of $364,142.90. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 15,209 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,423,714.49. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 12.77% of the company's stock.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of EL. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky increased its position in Estée Lauder Companies by 113.7% during the fourth quarter. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky now owns 156,583 shares of the company's stock worth $22,900,000 after buying an additional 83,320 shares during the period. BNP Paribas acquired a new position in shares of Estée Lauder Companies in the 1st quarter valued at $997,000. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Estée Lauder Companies in the 2nd quarter valued at $558,000. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado boosted its stake in Estée Lauder Companies by 3,477.8% during the 4th quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado now owns 566,180 shares of the company's stock worth $82,804,000 after purchasing an additional 550,355 shares during the period. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in Estée Lauder Companies by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 367,218 shares of the company's stock worth $56,608,000 after purchasing an additional 5,915 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.15% of the company's stock.
Estée Lauder Companies Company Profile
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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, nail polishes, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools.
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