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Estée Lauder Companies (The)NYSEConsumer StaplesHousehold & Personal ProductsSnapshot 2026-06-12
Watch· 1–3 mo
$89.68+1.89%
Close 2026-06-12 · 1-day change
Recent financial performance sits below its industry cohort — worth keeping an eye on, though it has not freshly broken.
The bottom line
Recent financial performance is neutral. Earnings quality is not assessable since the company is unprofitable. Management's recent track record has been unsteady, with frequent changes. Risk is elevated, and the sector backdrop is a headwind. Peer multiples imply a price about 60% below where it trades (it looks expensive on this basis); the read is expensive, growth-justified. This is because it is rich on today's multiple, but the three-year horizon reads cheaper once expected earnings growth is included. If EL cuts guidance on the next call, that would be a meaningful negative.
as of 2026-06-12
Quick facts
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry
- Household & Personal Products
- Market cap
- $32.01B
- Employees
- 1,100
- IPO date
- 1996-10-30
- Next earnings
- 2026-08-19
Price
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
Adjusted daily closes (split & dividend). Scroll over the chart to zoom; click a range to reset.
EarningsMaterial event
What's priced in
(what the market already expects)What it's worth (estimated)
A consensus fair price across 8 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $89.68. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
12-month· primaryexpensive
$56.68consensus
Range $38.64 – $76.58
vs price: +58% above
Method agreement — · 8 methods
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
3-yearfair
$109.22consensus
Range $89.91 – $217.53
vs price: -18% below
Method agreement — · 6 methods
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
5-yearinexpensive
How much to trust our fair value
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
Durable premiumlow confidence
At $90 the market pays 41× p/e — above the 18× p/e peer median but in line with its own 40× history. That premium reflects a durable franchise our peer-anchored $56 fair value understates; treat the 'expensive vs peers' read with low confidence. Analysts: $72–$111. Not investment advice.
Multiple (P/E)
40.6x
peer 17.6x · own history 40.2x
Premium
2.3x peer
1.0x its own history
Growth the price needs
59%
our forecast 8%
Our fair value
$56.30
range $38.64 – $76.51
Analyst range(a guide on our number, not a target)Our number is below the analyst range
How this stock is priced
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Long-term · 1–3 yr
expensiveexpensive — growth-justified12-month view
What's priced inUnjustified
The market is pricing in roughly 59% near-term growth, well above our forecast of about 8%. This describes what's priced in, not a forecast of the move.
Low fragilityrisk posture, not a price call
Only expensive valuation — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack.
Historical context
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
How strong is the business
(quality & execution)Factor signals
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Recent financial performance
neutralOperating income rose in 2 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Consumer Staples names rated neutral grew net income 52% of the time over the next year (vs 61% for the rest of the cohort, n=1526).
38th pctl · Consumer Staples
Earnings quality
loss makingOver the trailing year it converted -7.25x of net income into operating cash flow.
Macro sensitivity
Most sensitive to the broad stock market.
- the broad stock market: This stock moves with the broad market (high beta).
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, long-term interest rates, Fed net liquidity.
Management & capital allocation
volatile15 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by executive changes. Historically, Consumer Staples names rated volatile grew net income 42% of the time over the next year (vs 51% for the rest of the cohort, n=368).
Earnings setup & market context
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
Earnings setup · pre-print positioning
forward-looking
Bearish20 analysts, 46% Buyfor period ending 2026-06-30
Why this setup
Consensus revisions
EPS estimate $0.33 → $0.32 (-2.8% / 30d). 3 raised, 13 cut, 20 covering analysts.
Rating actions
0 upgrades, 0 downgrades / 30d, 1 maintained. 46% of analysts rate Buy.
Price target activity
2 PT revisions / 30d. Avg target 5.3% above current price.
Material events
0 positive, 1 negative / 30d. See F4 management tile for the event list.
Sector context
Intermediate · WeeklySector phase: is in (~3.0 years in phase).
Management scorecard
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
Long-term · 1–3 yr
Overall: neutral
- Capital allocation
- weak
- Earnings discipline
- neutral
- Margin discipline
- weak
- Balance sheet
- weak
- Post-call reaction
- neutral
Met or beat guidance 75% of the last 8 guided quarters · 72.8% avg surprise
as of 2026-06-12
How bumpy is the path
(risk while you hold it)Risk: how this stock moves
What a normal day, a bad day, and the worst of the last year would mean for a $10,000 position.
Intermediate · WeeklyLong-term · 1–3 yr
On a typical day, $10k can swing ±$199.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$393.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $4,361.
Deepest peak-to-trough drop in the last year.
elevatedas of 2026-06-12
Past results, not a forecast. Not investment advice.
What would change the read
(catalysts & re-read triggers)What changed
The most important moves since the prior daily snapshot.
Short-term · Daily
- No material changes since the prior snapshot.
No material changes since the prior snapshot.
as of 2026-06-12
What to watch next
Specific, dated things to watch for, each with what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
Intermediate · Weekly
- UpsideHigh confidenceQuartersactive 18d
Watch for Q4 organic sales growth exceeding 5%
Why it matters: If the company grows faster, it shows recovery and strong sales.
What confirms / what disproves
Confirms:Q4 organic sales growth reported above 5% year over year.
Disproves:Q4 organic sales growth reported below 3% year over year.
Earnings call
News catalysts
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
No graded news catalysts for EL yet.
This sector is also watching
- Watch for Consumer Price Index data on June 10
- Watch for Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report on June 17
- Watch for FOMC decision on June 17
What could change this view
Conditional scenarios: if X happens, the view would shift in this direction. These are not predictions.
Intermediate · Weekly
Upside triggers
- If EL raises forward guidance on the next earnings call (currently NEW as of 2026-05-01), that's a momentum boost. Street estimates typically follow guidance up and the stock tends to re-rate higher.
- If the Fed starts cutting rates from the current 3.62%, that would be a tailwind for EL and other Consumer Staples names, since rate-sensitive parts of the market tend to rally when the Fed eases.
- If EL beats again next quarter like it did this past one (a big beat of +40% on the 2026-03-31 print), the momentum tends to extend, with Street estimates ratcheting up and the stock typically following.
Downside triggers
- If EL cuts guidance on the next call (currently NEW as of 2026-05-01), that's a meaningful negative. The Street tends to walk down estimates and the stock usually takes a leg lower.
- Consumer Staples has been in a strong run; if sector bellwethers like PG, CL, and KVUE start showing cracks (missed prints, soft guidance), EL and other Consumer Staples names could lose the sector tailwind.
Recent events
(material 8-K / filing activity)Material updates
Recent SEC 8-K filings ranked by likely impact, confidence, and recency.
- 2026-06-0310d agoItem 2.05
Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. As announced on November 1, 2023, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (the "Company") launched the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan ("PRGP") to help progressively rebuild its profit margins in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. As a component of the PRGP, on February 5, 2024, the Company announced a two-year restructuring program and filed a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company committed to this course of action on February 1, 2024. At that time, the…
Product or strategy shiftnegative
Score history
Whether the overall read has been drifting up or down lately, and how it's changed since last week.
-2.8 vs last weeklatest as of 2026-06-13
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.