Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.020-0.100 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.630. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.3 billion-$3.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.8 billion. Estée Lauder Companies also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.750-2.950 EPS.

Estée Lauder Companies Trading Down 2.0 %

Estée Lauder Companies stock opened at $90.97 on Wednesday. Estée Lauder Companies has a 52 week low of $86.05 and a 52 week high of $165.76. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $102.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $126.98. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. The company has a market capitalization of $32.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.99.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 19th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.39. The business had revenue of $3.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.80 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a return on equity of 13.08% and a net margin of 4.18%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.07 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Estée Lauder Companies will post 2.21 EPS for the current year.

Estée Lauder Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 16th. Investors of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.66 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 30th. This represents a $2.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.90%. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 148.31%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a hold rating and set a $100.00 target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research note on Tuesday. Bernstein Bank increased their price target on Estée Lauder Companies from $155.00 to $160.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 1st. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Estée Lauder Companies from $165.00 to $125.00 and set a buy rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Barclays decreased their target price on 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. Finally, Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $110.00 to $105.00 and set a buy rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $124.13.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Estée Lauder Companies news, EVP Jane Lauder sold 14,976 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 57,389 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,958,990.14. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 12.77% of the company’s stock.

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.