During the recent session, Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE:EL)’s traded shares were 1.39 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.11. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $68.54, reflecting an intraday gain of 3.42% or $2.27. The 52-week high for the EL share is $125.90, that puts it down -83.69 from that peak though still a striking 29.43% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $48.37. The company’s market capitalization is $24.66B, and the average trade volume was 4.04 million shares over the past three months.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.83. EL has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 17 analysts who have looked at this stock. 7 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 10 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 0.08.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE:EL) trade information
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) registered a 3.42% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 3.42% in intraday trading to $68.54, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 7.66%, and it has moved by 15.01% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -45.63%.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $60, which implies a decrease of -14.23% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $60 and $60 respectively. As a result, EL is trading at a premium of 12.46% off the target high and 12.46% off the low.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) estimates and forecasts
In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -8.46% compared to the previous financial year.
As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 3.36B as predicted by 17 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 12 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 3.3B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 3.87B and 3.36B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -13.14% and then drop by -1.89% in the coming quarter.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -25.84%. While earnings are projected to return -42.94% in 2025, the next five years will return 3.17% per annum.
EL Dividends
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in June. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc is 2.02, with the dividend yield indicating at 2.95 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE:EL)’s Major holders
The next largest institutional holding, with 14.84 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 4.1298% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $1.58 billion.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Data provided on Mar 31, 2025 indicates that VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 6.66 shares. This amounts to just over 2.85 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $458.13 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 6.51, or about 2.78% of the stock, which is worth about $447.29 million.
