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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc is a household & personal products business based in the US. The Estée Lauder Companies shares (EL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. The Estée Lauder Companies employs 48,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$14.3 billion.
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- EL shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is EL stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short EL shares?
- Is EL suitable for ethical investing?
- Are EL shares over-valued?
- The Estée Lauder Companies's financials
- How volatile are EL shares?
- Does The Estée Lauder Companies pay a dividend?
- Have EL shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has coronavirus impacted The Estée Lauder Companies's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, The Estée Lauder Companies's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was USD$224.13, which is 6.63% up on its pre-crash value of USD$209.27 and 63.58% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$137.0114.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of The Estée Lauder Companies shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$736.34 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,143.06.
The Estée Lauder Companies share price
Use our graph to track the performance of EL stocks over time.The Estée Lauder Companies shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-10-13.
| Latest market close | USD$224.13 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$137.0114 - USD$228.6 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$217.2103 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$193.3742 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$222.57 |
| PE ratio | 120.543 |
| Dividend yield | USD$1.92 (0.85%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.86 |
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The Estée Lauder Companies price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $224.13 from 2020-10-16
| 1 week (2020-10-13) | 0.50% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-09-18) | 5.53% |
| 3 months (2020-07-20) | 14.15% |
| 6 months (2020-04-20) | 33.58% |
| 1 year (2019-10-18) | 20.81% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-10-19) | 78.66% |
| 3 years (2017-10-20) | 106.00% |
| 5 years (2015-10-20) | 167.65% |
Is The Estée Lauder Companies under- or over-valued?
Valuing The Estée Lauder Companies stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of The Estée Lauder Companies's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
The Estée Lauder Companies's P/E ratio
The Estée Lauder Companies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 121x. In other words, The Estée Lauder Companies shares trade at around 121x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
The Estée Lauder Companies's PEG ratio
The Estée Lauder Companies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.3303. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into The Estée Lauder Companies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
The Estée Lauder Companies's EBITDA
The Estée Lauder Companies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$2.7 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a The Estée Lauder Companies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
The Estée Lauder Companies financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$14.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 14.7% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$10.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 8.49% |
| Return on equity TTM | 16.63% |
| Profit margin | 4.78% |
| Book value | $10.915 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$80.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting The Estée Lauder Companies shares
There are currently 2.5 million The Estée Lauder Companies shares held short by investors – that's known as The Estée Lauder Companies's "short interest". This figure is 20.5% down from 3.2 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting The Estée Lauder Companies shares can be evaluated.
The Estée Lauder Companies's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
The Estée Lauder Companies's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of The Estée Lauder Companies shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of The Estée Lauder Companies shares traded daily (recently around 1.1 million). The Estée Lauder Companies's SIR currently stands at 2.32. In other words for every 100,000 The Estée Lauder Companies shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2320 shares are currently held short.
However The Estée Lauder Companies's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of The Estée Lauder Companies shares, or, against the total number of tradable The Estée Lauder Companies shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case The Estée Lauder Companies's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 The Estée Lauder Companies shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0113% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable The Estée Lauder Companies shares, roughly 11 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against The Estée Lauder Companies.
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The Estée Lauder Companies's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like The Estée Lauder Companies.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
The Estée Lauder Companies's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 23.34
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and The Estée Lauder Companies's overall score of 23.34 (as at 10/01/2020) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 39th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like The Estée Lauder Companies is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
The Estée Lauder Companies's environmental score
Environmental score: 6.44/100
The Estée Lauder Companies's social score
Social score: 5.96/100
The Estée Lauder Companies's governance score
Governance score: 5.94/100
The Estée Lauder Companies's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. The Estée Lauder Companies scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that The Estée Lauder Companies has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-10-01.
| Total ESG score | 23.34 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 38.82 |
| Environmental score | 6.44 |
| Social score | 5.96 |
| Governance score | 5.94 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
The Estée Lauder Companies share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 35.12% of net profits
Recently The Estée Lauder Companies has paid out, on average, around 35.12% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.85% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), The Estée Lauder Companies shareholders could enjoy a 0.85% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In The Estée Lauder Companies's case, that would currently equate to about $1.92 per share.
While The Estée Lauder Companies's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that The Estée Lauder Companies may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
The Estée Lauder Companies's most recent dividend payout was on 15 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 August 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have The Estée Lauder Companies's shares ever split?
The Estée Lauder Companies's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 23 January 2012. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The Estée Lauder Companies shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for The Estée Lauder Companies shares which in turn could have impacted The Estée Lauder Companies's share price.
The Estée Lauder Companies share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, The Estée Lauder Companies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $137.0114 up to $228.6. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while The Estée Lauder Companies's is 0.7766. This would suggest that The Estée Lauder Companies's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
The Estée Lauder Companies overview
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures and markets skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products. The company offers a range of skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, cleansing devices, 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. It also provides fragrance products in various forms comprising eau de parfum sprays and colognes, as well as lotions, powders, creams, candles, and soaps; and hair care products that include shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair color products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. The company offers its products under Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin, Smashbox, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, By Kilian, BECCA, Too Faced, RODIN olio lusso, FLIRT!, Kiton, and Tom Ford brands. It also holds license arrangements for Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan New York, DKNY, Michael Kors, Ermenegildo Zegna, Dr. Andrew Weil, TOM FORD BEAUTY, AERIN, and Tory Burch brands. The company sells its products through department stores, specialty-multi retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and salons and spas; freestanding stores; its own and authorized retailer Websites; third-party online malls; stores in airports and on cruise ships; in-flight and duty-free shops; and self-select outlets. It has operations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. has a joint development agreement with Atropos Therapeutics Inc. to discover senomodulators. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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