The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company offers skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, eye care, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as foundations, powders, concealers and setting sprays, lipsticks, lip liners and lip glosses, mascaras, and eyeshadows and eyeliners, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. It also provides fragrance products in various forms comprising parfum, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, and body spray, as well as lotions, creams, powders, candles and soaps; and hair care products, including shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair colour products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. The company offers its products under the La Mer, Jo Malone London, TOM FORD, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, KILIAN PARIS, BALMAIN Beauty, Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C, The Ordinary, Aveda, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, Bumble and bumble, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, Smashbox, Darphin Paris, Lab Series, NIOD, Aramis, and GLAMGLOW brands. It sells its products through department stores, duty-free retailers, specialty multi retailers, online pure players, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and top-tier salons and spas, as well as direct-to-consumer businesses across freestanding stores, and brand websites and third-party online platforms. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
5-year financial trends. Figures in USD millions.
Latest fiscal year: 2025
Year-by-year revenue, profitability, and cash flow (USD millions, last 10 years)
| Year | Revenue | EBITDA | Net Profit | FCF | ROE | Rev Growth 1Y | NP Growth 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14.3B | $146M | $-1.1B | $670M | -29.3% | -8.2% | -390.5% |
| 2024 | $15.6B | $2.0B | $390M | $1.4B | 7.3% | -1.9% | -61.2% |
| 2023 | $15.9B | $2.4B | $1.0B | $-1.6B | 18.0% | -10.3% | -57.9% |
| 2022 | $17.7B | $3.9B | $2.4B | $2.0B | 42.8% | - | - |
Income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow as reported
Consolidated Figures in USD Millions.
| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | 17,737 | 15,910 | 15,608 | 14,326 |
| Cost Of Revenue | 4,305 | 4,564 | 4,424 | 3,729 |
| Gross Profit | 13,432 | 11,346 | 11,184 | 10,597 |
| Operating Expense | 9,888 | 9,575 | 9,621 | 9,456 |
| Operating Income | 3,544 | 1,771 | 1,563 | 1,141 |
| EBITDA | 3,930 | 2,396 | 1,975 | 146 |
| EBIT | 3,203 | 1,652 | 1,150 | -683 |
| Pretax Income | 3,036 | 1,397 | 772 | -1,040 |
| Tax Provision | 628 | 387 | 363 | 93 |
| Net Income | 2,390 | 1,006 | 390 | -1,133 |
| Net Income Common Stockholders | 2,390 | 1,006 | 390 | -1,133 |
| Total Expenses | 14,193 | 14,139 | 14,045 | 13,185 |
| Interest Expense | 167 | 255 | 378 | 357 |
| Interest Income | 30 | 131 | 167 | 114 |
| Selling General And Administration | 9,888 | 9,575 | 9,621 | 9,456 |
| Normalized EBITDA | 4,304 | 2,658 | 2,568 | 2,072 |
| Normalized Income | 2,686.64 | 1,195.43 | 858.47 | 388.54 |
| Market Cap | 28,149.60 | 28,149.60 | 28,149.60 | 28,149.60 |
Consumer Defensive sector peers, ranked by market cap
| Company | Ticker | Market Cap | P/E | P/B | ROE | EV/EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.this co. | EL | - | -24.85 | 7.28 | -29.3% | 237.64 |
| Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | CHD | $23.0B | 30.55 | 5.62 | 18.4% | 18.70 |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. | TSN | $22.1B | 47.56 | 1.25 | 2.6% | 11.69 |
| Dollar Tree, Inc. | DLTR | $21.4B | 15.96 | 5.45 | 34.2% | 11.34 |
| Bunge Global SA | BG | $20.6B |
| 29.67 |
| 1.52 |
| 5.1% |
| 15.79 |
| General Mills, Inc. | GIS | $19.5B | 8.13 | 2.03 | 24.9% | 8.56 |
| McCormick & Company, Incorporated | MKC | $13.8B | 17.55 | 2.41 | 13.8% | 13.37 |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | BF-B | $13.4B | 14.94 | 3.25 | 21.8% | 11.84 |
| Hormel Foods Corporation | HRL | $11.8B | 24.80 | 1.50 | 6.1% | 13.97 |
| Peer Median | - | 21.17 | 2.22 | 16.1% | 12.61 | |