Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.300-1.550 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.390. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.2 billion-$14.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $14.5 billion.
Estée Lauder Companies Stock Performance
Shares of EL stock traded up $0.47 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $59.36. The company had a trading volume of 4,290,686 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,057,985. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.75, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.37. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $62.50 and a 200-day moving average price of $70.67. Estée Lauder Companies has a one year low of $48.37 and a one year high of $139.34. The firm has a market cap of $21.31 billion, a PE ratio of -30.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.09 and a beta of 1.12.
Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29 by $0.36. The business had revenue of $2.66 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.51 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a positive return on equity of 16.82% and a negative net margin of 4.61%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.97 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Estée Lauder Companies will post 1.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Estée Lauder Companies Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 30th will be paid a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 30th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.36%. Estée Lauder Companies's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -57.85%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several brokerages recently issued reports on EL. Citigroup decreased their target price on Estée Lauder Companies from $77.00 to $55.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. DA Davidson reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $81.00 target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on shares of Estée Lauder Companies from $77.00 to $67.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. Piper Sandler reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $75.00 price target (down previously from $92.00) on shares of Estée Lauder Companies in a research note on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on Estée Lauder Companies from $85.00 to $81.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Nineteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $75.20.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, CFO Akhil Shrivastava bought 700 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 2,381 shares in the company, valued at approximately $156,645.99. This represents a 41.64 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Paul J. Fribourg purchased 43,000 shares of Estée Lauder Companies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $66.35 per share, with a total value of $2,853,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 430,800 shares in the company, valued at $28,583,580. The trade was a 11.09 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 12.78% of the stock is owned by insiders.
About Estée Lauder Companies
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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.
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