Shares of Consumer Discretionary sector company Estee Lauder moved -1.3% today, and are now trading at a price of $92.17. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 1,853,951 compared to its average volume of 3,455,196. The S&P 500 index returned a 1.0% 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 40,470 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $33,212,602,368. Estee Lauder currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.5% per year.
23 analysts are following Estee Lauder and have set target prices ranging from $61.0 to $122.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, EL is trading -9.02% away from its average analyst target price of $101.3 per share.
Over the last year, EL's share price has increased by 27.6%, which represents a difference of 16.3% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $104.53 per share whereas its 52 week low is $48.37. Estee Lauder's average free cash flow over the last 5 years has been $1.77 Billion, but they have been decreasing at an average rate of -3.4%. This may prove a challenge to the long term sustainability of the stock's upwards trend.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,360,000 | 919,000 | 1,441,000 | 97.94 |
| 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 |
