L'Oreal (LRLCY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

L’Oréal S.A. is a French beauty and cosmetics company that develops, manufactures and markets products for hair care, hair color, skin care, makeup and fragrances. Its portfolio serves consumers, beauty professionals and dermatology-focused customers through brands spanning mass-market, premium, professional and medical beauty categories.

The company’s business is organized around four principal divisions: Consumer Products, L’Oréal Luxe, Professional Products and Dermatological Beauty. Its brands include L’Oréal Paris, Maybelline New York, Garnier, Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Kérastase, Redken, La Roche-Posay, CeraVe and SkinCeuticals, among others.

Founded in 1909 by chemist Eugène Schueller, L’Oréal has grown into an international company serving markets across Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The company sells through retail stores, salons, department stores, pharmacies, specialty beauty retailers and e-commerce channels. Nicolas Hieronimus has served as chief executive officer since 2021, while Jean-Paul Agon is chairman of the board.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $86.65 to $87.64
• 50-Day Range: $83.71 to $91.48
• 52-Week Range: $78.82 to $95.48
• Volume: 67,882 shs
• Average Volume: 215,217 shs
• Market Capitalization: $232.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.37%
• Price Target: $100.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

L'Oreal Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

L'Oreal scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

L'Oreal has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.58, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

L'Oreal has a consensus price target of $100.00, representing about 14.4% upside from its current price of $87.44.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

L'Oreal has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.46%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for L'Oreal are expected to grow by 9.46% in the coming year, from $3.17 to $3.47 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

L'Oreal has a PEG Ratio of 3.04. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

L'Oreal has a P/B Ratio of 5.89. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of L'Oreal has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

L'Oreal has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.43, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in L'Oreal has recently increased by 30.99%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

L'Oreal pays a meaningful dividend of 1.34%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

L'Oreal does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, L'Oreal will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.58% next year. This indicates that L'Oreal will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.06

News Sentiment

L'Oreal has a news sentiment score of 0.06. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for L'Oreal this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added L'Oreal to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, L'Oreal insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.40% of the stock of L'Oreal is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/25/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Personal Care Products
• Sub-Industry: Personal Care Products
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:LRLCY
• Previous Symbol: OTC:LRLCY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.loreal.com
• Phone: (314) 756-7000
• Fax: 33-1-47-56-86-42
• Employees: 79,033
• Year Founded: 1909

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for L'Oreal: $100.00
• High Price Target: $100.00
• Low Price Target: $100.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.58
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 27.58
• P/E Growth: 3.04
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.23
• Current Ratio: 1.44
• Quick Ratio: 1.15

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $49.83 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.67
• Cash Flow: $3.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.44
• Book Value: $14.84 per share
• Price / Book: 5.89

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,663,250,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $232.88 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.90