B. Riley Predicts Weaker Earnings for Estée Lauder Companies

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) – B. Riley cut their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report issued on Tuesday, February 4th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen now anticipates that the company will earn $1.33 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $1.57. B. Riley has a “Neutral” rating and a $70.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Estée Lauder Companies’ current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Estée Lauder Companies’ FY2026 earnings at $2.38 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on EL. Hsbc Global Res lowered shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Barclays cut their price objective on Estée Lauder Companies from $71.00 to $64.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Estée Lauder Companies from $91.00 to $98.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $76.00 target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $81.00 to $77.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Twenty research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $86.00.

Estée Lauder Companies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:EL opened at $65.09 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $76.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $83.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 0.90. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 116.23, a PEG ratio of 5.89 and a beta of 1.03. Estée Lauder Companies has a one year low of $62.29 and a one year high of $159.54.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.30. The company had revenue of $4 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.98 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a net margin of 1.31% and a return on equity of 17.31%. Estée Lauder Companies’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.88 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Estée Lauder Companies

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in shares of Estée Lauder Companies by 24.5% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 31,051 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,304,000 after purchasing an additional 6,102 shares during the last quarter. Czech National Bank increased its position in Estée Lauder Companies by 6.9% during the 3rd quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 47,469 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,732,000 after buying an additional 3,065 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC raised its stake in Estée Lauder Companies by 28.7% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $491,000 after buying an additional 1,099 shares during the last quarter. BSN CAPITAL PARTNERS Ltd bought a new stake in Estée Lauder Companies in the third quarter worth $14,589,000. Finally, Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt grew its stake in shares of Estée Lauder Companies by 294.1% in the third quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt now owns 2,010 shares of the company’s stock worth $200,000 after acquiring an additional 1,500 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 55.15% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Paul J. Fribourg acquired 43,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $66.35 per share, for a total transaction of $2,853,050.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 430,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,583,580. This represents a 11.09 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Akhil Shrivastava bought 700 shares of Estée Lauder Companies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $65.79 per share, for a total transaction of $46,053.00. Following the acquisition, the chief financial officer now directly owns 2,381 shares in the company, valued at approximately $156,645.99. This trade represents a 41.64 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have acquired 196,700 shares of company stock valued at $12,762,093. Company insiders own 12.78% of the company’s stock.

Estée Lauder Companies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.15%. Estée Lauder Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 250.00%.

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, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools.