Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Releases Q2 Earnings Guidance

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.20-0.35 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.06. Estée Lauder Companies also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.200-0.350 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EL has been the subject of several recent research reports. Citigroup downgraded shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $105.00 to $80.00 in a research report on Thursday. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $136.00 to $117.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, July 19th. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $115.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on Estée Lauder Companies from $108.00 to $105.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 20th. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $105.00 price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research note on Thursday. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $104.18.

Estée Lauder Companies Stock Performance

NYSE EL traded down $2.36 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $66.58. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 11,486,375 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,308,211. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $90.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $106.21. Estée Lauder Companies has a 52 week low of $63.36 and a 52 week high of $159.75. The stock has a market cap of $23.88 billion, a PE ratio of 118.89, a PEG ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.05.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $3.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.37 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 1.31%. The business’s revenue was down 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.11 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Estée Lauder Companies will post 2.95 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Estée Lauder Companies Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Friday, November 29th will be issued a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.10%. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 471.43%.

Insider Activity at Estée Lauder Companies

In other news, Director Charlene Barshefsky sold 3,437 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 in the company, valued at approximately $4,578,114. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. In related news, Director Lynn Forester sold 3,890 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.61, for a total value of $364,142.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 15,209 shares in the company, valued at $1,423,714.49. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Charlene Barshefsky sold 3,437 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the director now directly owns 49,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,578,114. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 12.78% of the stock is currently owned by 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.