Equities Analysts Set Expectations for EL Q3 Earnings

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report issued on Thursday, February 6th. DA Davidson analyst L. Weiser forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.35 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $81.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Estée Lauder Companies’ current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Estée Lauder Companies’ FY2025 earnings at $1.05 EPS.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 company had revenue of $4 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.98 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.88 EPS. Estée Lauder Companies’s revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on EL. TD Cowen dropped their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $95.00 to $70.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 1st. 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. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $76.00 to $70.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $100.00 to $75.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Twenty research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $86.00.

Estée Lauder Companies Stock Down 2.4 %

NYSE EL opened at $64.34 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 0.90. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $77.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $83.39. Estée Lauder Companies has a 12 month low of $62.29 and a 12 month high of $159.54. The company has a market capitalization of $23.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 114.89, a PEG ratio of 5.89 and a beta of 1.03.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EL. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in Estée Lauder Companies by 24.5% in the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 31,051 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,304,000 after purchasing an additional 6,102 shares in the last quarter. Czech National Bank raised its stake in Estée Lauder Companies by 6.9% in the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 47,469 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,732,000 after purchasing an additional 3,065 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC raised its stake in Estée Lauder Companies by 28.7% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $491,000 after purchasing an additional 1,099 shares in the last quarter. BSN CAPITAL PARTNERS Ltd bought a new position in Estée Lauder Companies in the third quarter valued at about $14,589,000. Finally, Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt grew its position in Estée Lauder Companies by 294.1% in the third quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt now owns 2,010 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,000 after acquiring an additional 1,500 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.15% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Estée Lauder Companies

In other Estée Lauder Companies news, Director Paul J. Fribourg purchased 75,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $20,128,300. This trade represents a 32.20 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 12.78% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Estée Lauder Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.18%. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 250.00%.

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.