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Estée Lauder (EL) Investor Update – What You Need to Know

Shares of Consumer Discretionary sector company Estée Lauder moved 2.9% today, and are now trading at a price of $87.63. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 2,273,209 compared to its average volume of 3,717,388. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.0% performance.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company is based in New York and has 44,020 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $31,434,545,152. Estée Lauder currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 3.1% per year.

25 analysts are following Estée Lauder and have set target prices ranging from $86.0 to $131.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of hold. At today's prices, EL is trading -18.16% away from its average analyst target price of $107.08 per share.

Over the last year, EL shares have gone down by -44.0%, which represents a difference of -70.8% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $159.75 per share and its 52 week low is $82.39. Although Estée Lauder's average free cash flow over the last 5 years has been $1.85 Billion, they have been decreasing at an average rate of -17.0%. For this reason, investors may continue to shun the stock.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 1,731,000 1,003,000 728,000 -63.6
2022 3,040,000 1,040,000 2,000,000 -33.2
2021 3,631,000 637,000 2,994,000 80.69
2020 2,280,000 623,000 1,657,000 -6.54
2019 2,517,000 744,000 1,773,000 -8.28
2018 2,562,000 629,000 1,933,000
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