Estée Lauder Companies - EL Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Estée Lauder Companies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings, 19 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" EL shares.
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26 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Estée Lauder Companies' stock. Their EL share price forecasts range from $210.00 to $320.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $280.04 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.9% from the stock's current price.
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Estée Lauder Companies' stock was trading at $248.11 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EL stock has decreased by 2.6% and is now trading at $241.69.
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Estée Lauder Companies saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,250,000 shares, a decrease of 14.1% from the February 13th total of 2,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,550,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $4.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.58 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a net margin of 9.13% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.65%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.01 earnings per share.
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Estée Lauder Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.66 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $2.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 27th.
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Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.11%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 64.23%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EL will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.46% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Estée Lauder Companies updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.40-$0.52 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.77. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.65 billion-$3.74 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.18 billion.

819 employees have rated Estée Lauder Companies Chief Executive Officer Fabrizio Freda on Glassdoor.com. Fabrizio Freda has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Fabrizio Freda in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Estée Lauder Companies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EL."

Estée Lauder Companies' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Morgan Stanley (1.96%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.75%), Fundsmith LLP (1.59%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.26%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.14%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Alexandra C Trower, Barry S Sternlicht, Carl P Haney, Cedric Prouve, Charlene Barshefsky, Fabrizio Freda, Gregory Polcer, Hudis Jane Hertzmark, Irvine O Hockaday Jr, Irvine O Hockaday, Jr, Jane Lauder, Jason Gesing, Jennifer Hyman, John Demsey, Lal Family Partners Lp, Lynn Forester, Michael O'hare, Paul J Fribourg, Richard D Parsons, Ronald S Foundation Lauder, Ronald S Lauder, Rose Marie Bravo, Sara E Moss, Tracey Thomas Travis, Wei Sun Christianson, William P Lauder and Zinterhofer Aerin Lauder Trust.
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Shares of EL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $241.69.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) has a market capitalization of $86.34 billion and generates $17.74 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 63,000 workers across the globe.

Estée Lauder Companies' mailing address is 767 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY, 10153. The official website for the company is www.elcompanies.com. The company can be reached via phone at (212) 572-4200, via email at irdept@estee.com, or via fax at 212-893-7782.