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

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.20 to $0.30 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.63. The company issued revenue guidance of -12 to -10% yr/yr or $3.467 billion to $3.546 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.67 billion. Estée Lauder Companies also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.200-0.300 EPS.

Estée Lauder Companies Price Performance

NYSE EL traded down $0.40 on Thursday, reaching $65.54. The company had a trading volume of 3,734,921 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,253,668. The company has a quick ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.53 billion, a PE ratio of 116.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.89 and a beta of 1.03. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $77.05 and its 200 day moving average price is $83.39. Estée Lauder Companies has a 12 month low of $62.29 and a 12 month high of $159.54.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.30. Estée Lauder Companies had a net margin of 1.31% and a return on equity of 17.31%. The business had revenue of $4 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.98 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.88 EPS. The business’s revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts predict that Estée Lauder Companies will post 1.5 earnings per share for the current year.

Estée Lauder Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.14%. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 250.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. B. Riley dropped 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 research note on Monday, November 4th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $80.00 to $78.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $81.00 price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Hsbc Global Res lowered shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Twenty investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $90.05.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Paul J. Fribourg bought 75,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 18th. The shares were bought at an average price of $64.93 per share, with a total value of $4,902,215.00. Following the transaction, the director now 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 legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 12.78% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.