ELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations
- Revenue
- $15.0B
- 5.0% YoY
- Operating margin
- 5.2%
- 195% YoY
- EBITDA
- $1.6B
- 3482% YoY
- Market cap
- —
- Employees
- —
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.3×
- $5.1B net debt
- AI in 10-K
- —
Red flags 0 of 9
- TSR below peersClear—3+ of last 5 years
- High CEO pay despite TSRClear—Median CEO pay ≥ $15M and TSR flag
- Active 13DClear0 filingsActive-intent 13D in 18 months
- Net insider sellingClear$0 netNet sales over $10M in 12 months
- Earnings not backed by cashClear974% of net incomeCash flow under 80% of net income
- Dilutive SBCClear2% of revenueOver 10% of revenue
- Payouts exceed cash flowClear33% of cash flowBuybacks + dividends over cash flow
- Goodwill-heavyClear11% of assetsOver 40% of assets
- Shareholder dissentClear—Any vote under 80% support
Financials
| Metric | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.7B | $15.9B | $15.6B | $14.3B | $15.0B | 5.0% |
| Operating income | $3.2B | $1.5B | $970M | −$785M | $780M | 199% |
| Net income | $2.4B | $1.0B | $409M | −$1.1B | $182M | 116% |
| Operating cash flow | $3.0B | $1.7B | $2.4B | $1.3B | $1.8B | 39% |
| Capex | $1.0B | $1.0B | $919M | $602M | $457M | 24% |
| Stock-based comp | $331M | $267M | $325M | $304M | $310M | 2.0% |
| Buybacks | $2.3B | $271M | $35M | $35M | $70M | 100% |
| Dividends | $840M | $925M | $947M | $618M | $508M | 18% |
Deal filings
None.
13D filers
None on file.
Insider trading
- Open-market buys, 12 mo
- $0 · 0
- Open-market sells, 12 mo
- $10M · 5
- Net
- −$10M
Pay vs performance
| Year | CEO total comp | Comp actually paid | TSR (indexed) | Peer TSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | — | — | 27 | 146 |
| FY2025 | — | — | 27 | 138 |
| FY2024 | — | — | 35 | 123 |
| FY2023 | — | — | 63 | 114 |
| FY2022 | — | — | 81 | 107 |