Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL)

NYSE Consumer Staples Personal Care Products S&P 500
$113.16
+3.10 (+2.82%)
Close of Nov 09, 2026 · end-of-day data
Source: Estée Lauder Companies (The)'s 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 09, 2026

Revenue, net income & free cash flow

Income statement

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue$11.82B$13.68B$14.86B$14.29B$16.21B$17.74B$15.91B$15.61B$14.33B$15.05B
Cost of revenue$2.43B$2.84B$3.39B$3.55B$3.83B$4.30B$4.56B$4.42B$3.73B$3.69B
Gross profit$9.39B$10.84B$11.48B$10.74B$12.38B$13.43B$11.35B$11.18B$10.60B$11.36B
Selling, general & admin$7.46B$8.55B$8.86B$8.64B$9.37B$9.89B$9.57B$9.62B$9.46B$9.69B
Operating income$1.70B$2.06B$2.31B$606.00M$2.62B$3.17B$1.51B$970.00M-$785.00M$780.00M
Interest expense$103.00M$128.00M$133.00M$161.00M$173.00M$167.00M$255.00M$378.00M$357.00M$334.00M
Pre-tax income$1.62B$1.98B$2.31B$1.05B$3.33B$3.04B$1.40B$772.00M-$1.04B$517.00M
Income tax$361.00M$863.00M$513.00M$350.00M$456.00M$628.00M$387.00M$363.00M$93.00M$335.00M
Net income$1.25B$1.11B$1.78B$684.00M$2.87B$2.39B$1.01B$390.00M-$1.13B$182.00M
EBITDA$2.17B$2.59B$2.87B$1.22B$3.27B$3.90B$2.25B$1.79B$44.00M$1.58B
EPS (basic)$3.40$3.01$4.91$1.90$7.91$6.64$2.81$1.09$-3.15$0.50
EPS (diluted)$3.35$2.95$4.82$1.86$7.79$6.55$2.79$1.08$-3.15$0.50
Diluted shares373.00M375.70M370.40M366.90M368.20M364.90M360.90M360.80M360.10M364.80M
Gross margin79.4%79.2%77.2%75.2%76.4%75.7%71.3%71.7%74.0%75.5%
Operating margin14.4%15.0%15.6%4.2%16.1%17.9%9.5%6.2%-5.5%5.2%
Net margin10.6%8.1%12.0%4.8%17.7%13.5%6.3%2.5%-7.9%1.2%

Balance sheet

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash & equivalents$1.14B$2.18B$2.99B$5.02B$4.96B$3.96B$4.03B$3.40B$2.92B$3.50B
Short-term investments$605.00M$534.00M————————
Receivables$1.40B$1.49B$1.83B$1.19B$1.70B$1.63B$1.45B$1.73B$1.53B$1.52B
Inventory$1.48B$1.62B$2.01B$2.06B$2.50B$2.92B$2.98B$2.17B$2.07B$2.00B
Total current assets$4.96B$6.17B$7.21B$8.89B$9.77B$9.30B$9.14B$7.92B$7.07B$7.61B
Goodwill$1.92B$1.93B$1.87B$1.40B$2.62B$2.52B$2.49B$2.14B$2.13B$2.11B
Total assets$11.57B$12.57B$13.16B$17.78B$21.97B$20.91B$23.41B$21.68B$19.89B$19.76B
Total current liabilities$2.82B$3.31B$4.61B$5.18B$5.30B$5.82B$6.24B$5.70B$5.43B$6.23B
Short-term debt$189.00M$183.00M$516.00M$1.22B$32.00M$268.00M$997.00M$504.00M$3.00M$503.00M
Long-term debt$3.38B$3.36B$2.90B$4.91B$5.54B$5.14B$7.12B$7.27B$7.31B$6.80B
Total debt$3.57B$3.54B$3.41B$6.14B$5.57B$5.41B$8.11B$7.77B$7.32B$7.31B
Total liabilities$7.18B$7.88B$8.74B$13.85B$15.91B$15.32B$17.83B$16.36B$16.03B$15.96B
Shareholders' equity$4.38B$4.69B$4.39B$3.94B$6.06B$5.59B$5.58B$5.31B$3.87B$3.81B

Cash flow

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Operating cash flow$1.79B$2.56B$2.52B$2.28B$3.63B$3.04B$1.73B$2.36B$1.27B$1.77B
Capital expenditures$504.00M$629.00M$744.00M$623.00M$637.00M$1.04B$1.00B$919.00M$602.00M$457.00M
Free cash flow$1.29B$1.93B$1.77B$1.66B$2.99B$2.00B$728.00M$1.44B$670.00M$1.32B
Investing cash flow-$2.20B-$358.00M$473.00M-$1.70B-$1.86B-$945.00M-$3.22B-$960.00M-$623.00M-$489.00M
Financing cash flow$630.00M-$1.17B-$2.17B$1.46B-$1.89B-$3.04B$1.59B-$2.04B-$1.14B-$712.00M
Dividends paid$486.00M$546.00M$609.00M$503.00M$753.00M$840.00M$925.00M$947.00M$618.00M$508.00M
Share buybacks$413.00M$759.00M$1.55B$893.00M$733.00M$2.31B$271.00M$35.00M$35.00M$70.00M
Stock-based compensation$219.00M$236.00M$243.00M$213.00M$327.00M$331.00M$267.00M$325.00M$304.00M$310.00M
Depreciation & amortization$464.00M$531.00M$557.00M$611.00M$651.00M$727.00M$744.00M$825.00M$829.00M$796.00M

Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.