Telsey Advisory Group Has Pessimistic View of EL Q3 Earnings

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Telsey Advisory Group lowered their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst D. Telsey now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.30 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.56. Telsey Advisory Group has a "Market Perform" rating and a $76.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Estée Lauder Companies' current full-year earnings is $1.37 per share.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on EL. Citigroup lowered shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and cut their target price for the stock from $105.00 to $80.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $71.00 to $64.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $91.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $85.00 to $81.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $81.00 to $77.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Twenty investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $86.00.

Estée Lauder Companies Price Performance

Shares of EL traded up $1.65 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $70.36. 3,766,509 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,457,635. Estée Lauder Companies has a 1 year low of $62.29 and a 1 year high of $159.54. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $76.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $82.56. The company has a market cap of $25.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -36.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.43 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.75.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.98 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a negative net margin of 4.61% and a positive return on equity of 16.82%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.88 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EL. Centre Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies during the fourth quarter worth about $8,585,000. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies by 47.5% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 141,804 shares of the company's stock valued at $13,392,000 after purchasing an additional 45,687 shares during the last quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies by 52.1% during the 4th quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC now owns 10,285 shares of the company's stock worth $771,000 after acquiring an additional 3,524 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies by 79.4% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 5,723,746 shares of the company's stock worth $570,600,000 after acquiring an additional 2,533,006 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Paloma Partners Management Co lifted its stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies by 729.4% during the 3rd quarter. Paloma Partners Management Co now owns 47,500 shares of the company's stock worth $4,735,000 after acquiring an additional 41,773 shares during the last quarter. 55.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Paul J. Fribourg acquired 75,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 18th. The shares were bought at an average price of $64.93 per share, for a total transaction of $4,902,215.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 310,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,128,300. This trade represents a 32.20 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Akhil Shrivastava acquired 700 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were bought at an average price of $65.79 per share, for a total transaction of $46,053.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 2,381 shares of the company's stock, valued at $156,645.99. This trade represents a 41.64 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have bought a total of 196,700 shares of company stock worth $12,762,093 over the last 90 days. 12.78% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Estée Lauder Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.35 per share. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. Estée Lauder Companies's payout ratio is -71.79%.

About Estée Lauder Companies

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.