Estee Lauder Companies Financial Ratios
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Estee Lauder Companies ratio analysis
Estee Lauder Companies earned a net margin of 1.2% in FY 2026, up from -7.9% a year earlier. Gross margin was 75.5% compared with a median of 75.7% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 4.8%, meaning Estee Lauder Companies generated 0.05 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.92 versus 1.89 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.22. At the end of FY 2026, EL traded at 167.4 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 28.7 to 167.4, with a median of 48.4. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Estee Lauder Companies financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 167.42 | — | 98.52 | 70.39 | 39.16 | 40.77 | 103.02 | 37.99 | 48.37 | 28.65 |
| Price / sales | 2.02 | 2.23 | 2.45 | 4.42 | 5.21 | 7.11 | 4.83 | 4.48 | 3.84 | 2.98 |
| Price / book | 7.97 | 8.27 | 7.19 | 12.58 | 16.52 | 19.03 | 17.56 | 15.18 | 11.20 | 8.04 |
| Gross margin | 75.5% | 74.0% | 71.7% | 71.3% | 75.7% | 76.4% | 75.2% | 77.2% | 79.2% | 79.4% |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | -5.5% | 6.2% | 9.5% | 17.9% | 16.1% | 4.2% | 15.6% | 15.0% | 14.4% |
| Net margin | 1.2% | -7.9% | 2.6% | 6.3% | 13.6% | 17.7% | 4.8% | 12.0% | 8.1% | 10.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.7% | 4.7% | 9.2% | 4.6% | 11.3% | 18.5% | 11.6% | 11.9% | 14.1% | 10.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 4.8% | -29.3% | 7.7% | 18.1% | 43.1% | 47.5% | 17.4% | 40.7% | 23.6% | 28.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.9% | -5.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% | 11.5% | 13.1% | 3.8% | 13.6% | 8.8% | 10.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.92 | 1.89 | 1.46 | 1.45 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 1.56 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.81 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 1.30 | 1.39 | 1.46 | 1.60 | 1.84 | 1.72 | 1.57 | 1.86 | 1.76 |
| Revenue growth | 5.0% | -8.2% | -1.9% | -10.3% | 9.4% | 13.4% | -3.8% | 8.6% | 15.7% | 5.0% |
| EPS growth | — | -391.7% | -61.3% | -57.4% | -15.9% | 318.8% | -61.4% | 63.4% | -11.9% | 13.2% |