Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) manufactures, markets and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products through a portfolio of more than 20 luxury and prestige brands. Its customers include department stores, duty-free and specialty retailers, online platforms, perfumeries, pharmacies, salons… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2026, Estée Lauder Companies reported revenue of $15.05B, up 5.0% from fiscal 2025, and net income of $182.00M. Its operating margin was 5.2%, and operations generated $1.77B in cash.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure.
What Estée Lauder Companies does
In the company’s own words
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) manufactures, markets and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products through a portfolio of more than 20 luxury and prestige brands. Its customers include department stores, duty-free and specialty retailers, online platforms, perfumeries, pharmacies, salons and spas, and consumers buying through its own stores and brand websites. The company operates as a wholesaler and through direct-to-consumer channels, reaching approximately 150 countries and territories. Its brands include Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C, La Mer, Jo Malone London, Aveda, TOM FORD, The Ordinary and Dr.Jart+. Founded in 1946, the company grew through brand launches, licensing and acquisitions, including its 2023 acquisition of the TOM FORD brand and related intellectual property. As of June 30, 2026, it operated approximately 1,600 freestanding stores and employed approximately 55,000 people worldwide. Its website is www.elcompanies.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry (SIC)
- Personal Care
- Headquarters
- NEW YORK, NY
- Fiscal year end
- June
- CIK
- 1001250
- SIC
- 2844
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2012–2026 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Estée Lauder Companies — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in Estée Lauder Companies · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · Estée Lauder Companies’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Estée Lauder Companies’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 13 issues of Estée Lauder Companies’s debt, $516.38M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 3.66%, maturing 2027 to 2053.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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