Estee Lauder (EL)

• Market cap: $21.6B
• 1 day: 0.62%
• 5 days: 4.77%
• 1 month: -9.15%
• 3 months: -29.85%
• 6 months: -31.20%
• Year to date: -18.95%
• 1 year: -59.13%
• 5 years: -66.01%
• 10 years: -26.24%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Household & Personal Products

About: Estee Lauder is a leader in the global prestige beauty market, participating across skin care (51% of fiscal 2024 sales), makeup (29%), fragrance (16%), and hair care (4%) categories, with top-selling brands such as Estee Lauder, Clinique, M.A.C, La Mer, Jo Malone London, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, and Origins. The firm operates in more than 150 countries, generating 30% of revenue from the Americas, 39% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (including travel retail), and 31% from Asia-Pacific. Estee Lauder sells its products through department stores, travel retail, specialty multibrand beauty stores, brand-dedicated freestanding stores, e-commerce, salons/spas, and perfumeries.

Employees: 62,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

17% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q3] → 7 (+1) [Q4]

6.09% more ownership

Funds ownership: 84.19% [Q3] → 90.29% (+6.09%) [Q4]

9% less funds holding

Funds holding: 897 [Q3] → 815 (-82) [Q4]

12% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.06B | Put options by funds: $1.21B

19% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $19.5B [Q3] → $15.8B (-$3.72B) [Q4]

27% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 244 | Existing positions reduced: 332

33% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 139 | Existing positions closed: 206

Research analyst outlook

11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $55 8% downside
• Avg. target: $70 16% upside
• High target: $100 67% upside

11 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 18%
• neutral: 9 82%
• negative: 0 0%

Canaccord Genuity Susan Anderson 26% 1-year accuracy 10 / 38 met price target	3% upside $62	Hold Maintained	29 Apr 2025
Telsey Advisory Group Dana Telsey 30% 1-year accuracy 54 / 182 met price target	27% upside $76	Market Perform Maintained	24 Apr 2025
UBS Peter Grom 50% 1-year accuracy 15 / 30 met price target	0% upside $60	Neutral Maintained	17 Apr 2025
Wells Fargo Christopher Carey 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 2 met price target	0% upside $60	Equal-Weight Maintained	16 Apr 2025
Citigroup Filippo Falorni 48% 1-year accuracy 10 / 21 met price target	8% downside $55	Neutral Maintained	14 Apr 2025