Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.78-2.98 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.96. The company issued revenue guidance of (1%)-2% yr/yr to ~$15.45-15.92 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.48 billion. Estée Lauder Companies also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.750-2.950 EPS.

Estée Lauder Companies Stock Performance

NYSE EL opened at $92.85 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $102.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $127.28. Estée Lauder Companies has a 12-month low of $86.05 and a 12-month high of $165.76. The company has a market capitalization of $33.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 19th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.37. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 13.08% and a net margin of 4.18%. The business had revenue of $3.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.80 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.07 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that Estée Lauder Companies will post 2.21 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on EL. Raymond James cut Estée Lauder Companies from a strong-buy rating to a market perform rating in a research report on Monday, July 22nd. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $140.00 to $131.00 and set a hold rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 2nd. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $136.00 to $117.00 and set an equal weight rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 19th. Bernstein Bank boosted their price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $155.00 to $160.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 1st. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Estée Lauder Companies from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research note on Thursday, May 2nd. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of $140.23.

Insider Activity at Estée Lauder Companies

In other Estée Lauder Companies news, EVP Jane Lauder sold 14,976 shares of Estée Lauder Companies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $121.26, for a total transaction of $1,815,989.76. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 57,389 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,958,990.14. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. In other news, EVP Jane Lauder sold 14,976 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $121.26, for a total value of $1,815,989.76. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 57,389 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,958,990.14. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Peter Jueptner sold 12,786 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.62, for a total transaction of $1,670,107.32. Following the sale, the insider now owns 5,578 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $728,598.36. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 12.77% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Estée Lauder Companies

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.