Estée Lauder Companies (EL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Estée Lauder Companies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" EL shares.
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27 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Estée Lauder Companies' shares. Their EL share price forecasts range from $150.00 to $305.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $204.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.5% from the stock's current price.
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Estée Lauder Companies' stock was trading at $248.11 at the start of the year. Since then, EL stock has decreased by 41.4% and is now trading at $145.49.
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Estée Lauder Companies saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,500,000 shares, an increase of 14.4% from the August 15th total of 3,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 18th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.04) by $0.11. The company had revenue of $3.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.48 billion. Estée Lauder Companies had a net margin of 6.32% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.79%. Estée Lauder Companies's revenue for the quarter was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.42 EPS.
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Estée Lauder Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.66 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 30th.
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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 1.79%. 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 94.96%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, EL will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.44% 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 first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -$0.29--$0.19 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.99. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.46 billion-$3.54 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.94 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 Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (181.82%), BlackRock Inc. (4.26%), State Street Corp (2.80%), Royal Bank of Canada (1.36%), Capital International Investors (1.28%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.18%). Insiders that own company stock include 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 $145.49.

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) has a market capitalization of $52.04 billion and generates $15.91 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.01 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.78 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 62,000 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.