The Estée Lauder Companies

EL · NYSE · USD

$91.97Change from previous close: +1.97%Absolute change: +$1.78

Close · October 2, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 4, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$33.27B
Enterprise value
$39.02B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
183.9
Forward P/E
27.7
PEG
0.86
Price/book
8.74
Price/sales
2.21
EV/EBITDA
15.9
EV/revenue
2.59

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
75.5%
Operating margin
11.0%
Net margin
1.2%
ROE
4.7%
ROA
5.2%
ROIC
5.9%

Financial health

Total cash
$3.5B
Total debt
$9.25B
Debt/equity
2.43
Current ratio
1.22
Quick ratio
0.81
Altman Z-Score
3.18
Piotroski F-Score
7.00

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$1.40
Dividend yield
1.5%
Payout ratio
280.0%
Ex-dividend date
August 31, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$107.48
Analysts with a price target
30
Consensus
Buy

Shares and trading

Beta
1.26
Average volume
2.98M
Shares outstanding
361.8M
Float
246.31M
Institutional ownership
64.8%
Insider ownership
11.3%
Short interest (% of float)
2.9%
Short ratio (days)
1.82