Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Issues Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) updated its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.200-0.300 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.640. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.5 billion-$3.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.7 billion.

Estée Lauder Companies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE EL traded down $15.28 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $67.49. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,939,741 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,291,177. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 1.32. Estée Lauder Companies has a 1-year low of $62.29 and a 1-year high of $159.75. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $77.10 and its 200-day moving average price is $83.83. The firm has a market cap of $24.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 121.27, a P/E/G ratio of 5.89 and a beta of 1.03.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.31. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 1.31%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Estée Lauder Companies will post 1.5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently weighed in on EL shares. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $76.00 price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus cut Estée Lauder Companies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $125.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Thursday, October 31st. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $81.00 price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. HSBC downgraded Estée Lauder Companies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $100.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Estée Lauder Companies from $74.00 to $79.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Twenty research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $92.95.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Estée Lauder Companies news, Director Paul J. Fribourg acquired 77,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 15th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $64.01 per share, for a total transaction of $4,960,775.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 234,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,010,345. The trade was a 49.36 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 12.78% of the company’s stock.

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.