The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Forecasted to Post FY2025 Earnings of $2.80 Per Share (NYSE:EL)

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) – Equities researchers at B. Riley issued their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report released on Monday, September 9th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen expects that the company will earn $2.80 per share for the year. B. Riley currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $95.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Estée Lauder Companies’ current full-year earnings is $2.99 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Estée Lauder Companies’ FY2026 earnings at $4.00 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on EL. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Estée Lauder Companies from $140.00 to $100.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, August 20th. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a $100.00 price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report on Tuesday, August 20th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $165.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $129.00 to $105.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 20th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $95.00 to $114.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 22nd. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $121.57.

Estée Lauder Companies Stock Down 0.5 %

EL opened at $84.13 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $30.17 billion, a PE ratio of 47.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.00. Estée Lauder Companies has a twelve month low of $82.39 and a twelve month high of $159.75. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $95.04 and a 200 day moving average price of $120.71. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 19th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.39. Estée Lauder Companies had a net margin of 2.50% and a return on equity of 16.91%. The company had revenue of $3.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.80 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.07 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Estée Lauder Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.66 per share. This represents a $2.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 30th. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 148.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Estée Lauder Companies

In other Estée Lauder Companies news, Director Charlene Barshefsky sold 3,437 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the director now directly owns 49,800 shares in the company, valued at $4,578,114. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In other Estée Lauder Companies news, Director Lynn Forester sold 3,890 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.61, for a total transaction of $364,142.90. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 15,209 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,423,714.49. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Charlene Barshefsky sold 3,437 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 27th. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,578,114. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 12.77% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Prio Wealth Limited Partnership lifted its stake in Estée Lauder Companies by 6.5% in the second quarter. Prio Wealth Limited Partnership now owns 53,380 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,680,000 after acquiring an additional 3,268 shares during the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies during the 2nd quarter worth $3,868,000. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky grew its stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies by 17.4% during the second quarter. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky now owns 182,255 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,392,000 after purchasing an additional 26,947 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings 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 buying an additional 6,102 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kimelman & Baird LLC acquired a new stake in Estée Lauder Companies in the second quarter valued at $32,000. 55.15% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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, nail polishes, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools.