Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.78-2.98 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.96. The company issued revenue guidance of (1%)-2% yr/yr to ~$15.45-15.92 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.48 billion. Estée Lauder Companies also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.750-2.950 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $145.00 to $129.00 and set an overweight rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 12th. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price objective on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $140.00 to $131.00 and set a hold rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 2nd. Morgan Stanley cut shares of Estée Lauder Companies from an overweight rating to an equal weight rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $164.00 to $140.00 in a report on Friday, May 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada raised shares of Estée Lauder Companies from a sector perform rating to an outperform rating and set a $131.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group reissued a market perform rating and set a $115.00 target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research note on Tuesday, August 13th. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $140.23.

Estée Lauder Companies Trading Down 0.2 %

Estée Lauder Companies stock opened at $94.97 on Monday. Estée Lauder Companies has a 52 week low of $86.05 and a 52 week high of $165.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.35, a P/E/G ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $103.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $127.58.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Jane Lauder sold 14,976 shares of Estée Lauder Companies 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 transaction, the executive vice president now owns 57,389 shares in the company, valued at $6,958,990.14. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. In other Estée Lauder Companies news, EVP Jane Lauder sold 14,976 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 57,389 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,958,990.14. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Peter Jueptner sold 12,786 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.62, for a total value of $1,670,107.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 5,578 shares in the company, valued at approximately $728,598.36. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate 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.