The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EL

Consumer Defensive
Neutral

ASignal's systematic analysis rates EL as Neutral. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. has a market cap of $29.91B, a -1.7% net margin, and 4.6% year-over-year revenue growth.

Reflects the latest available analysis · analyzed Jul 11, 2026

The case on EL

Bull vs bear, surfaced by ASignal's framework agents from public market data. The precise verdict: ASignal Rank, confidence, and price targets - is in the app.

Bull case
  • Strong gross margin (74.65%) indicating pricing power
  • Positive free cash flow ($1.81B) supports operational stability
  • Revenue growth of 4.60% in a defensive sector provides resilience
  • Current price near lower Bollinger Band, suggesting potential mean reversion
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Bear case
  • Negative net margin (-1.67%) and return on equity (-5.95%)
  • High debt-to-equity ratio (2.33x) raising financial risk concerns
  • Earnings declining YoY (-45.50%) despite revenue growth
  • Extremely high payout ratio (471.43%) and implausible dividend yield (171%) suggesting data anomaly
  • MACD below signal line with negative histogram, indicating weakening momentum

Key facts

Sector
Consumer Defensive
Market cap
$29.91B
Gross margin
74.7%
Net margin
-1.7%
Rev growth YoY
4.6%
Price (Jul 11, 2026)
$83.67

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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) Stock Analysis - ASignal rates it Neutral