Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [NYSE: EL] traded at a high on 2025-06-24, posting a 7714051 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $4240000.0.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 7714051 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Estee Lauder Cos., Inc stands at 2.93% while the volatility over the past one month is 3.26%.
The market cap for EL stock reached $27.72 billion, with 234.21 million shares outstanding and 233.09 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 4.24M shares, EL reached a trading volume of 7714051 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [EL]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for EL shares is $66.14 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on EL stock is a recommendation set at 2.82. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Deutsche Bank have made an estimate for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on June 23, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Telsey Advisory Group dropped their target price from $76 to $66. The new note on the price target was released on May 02, 2025, representing the official price target for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $105 to $76, while Telsey Advisory Group kept a Market Perform rating on EL stock. On November 01, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for EL shares from 113 to 74.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 6.38, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 7.31. Price to Free Cash Flow for EL in the course of the last twelve months was 29.24 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.02.
How has EL stock performed recently?
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [EL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 3.30. With this latest performance, EL shares gained by 19.61% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 2.79% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 2.76% in the past year of trading.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [EL]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [EL] shares currently have an operating margin of 8.07% and a Gross Margin at 73.77%. Estee Lauder Cos., Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -5.91%.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -4.09%, with Return on Assets sitting at -4.09%.
Earnings analysis for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [EL]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for EL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc go to 3.37%.
Insider trade positions for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [EL]
There are presently around $93.77%, or 94.17% of EL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of EL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 21.33 million shares, which is approximately 5.9346%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 14.84 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.58 billion in EL stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.03 billion in EL stock with ownership which is approximately 2.6885%.
