Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Rating Lowered to “Hold” at Wall Street Zen

Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) was downgraded by investment analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report issued on Saturday.

EL has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Citigroup upgraded Estee Lauder Companies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $120.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Estee Lauder Companies from $105.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. Barclays reduced their target price on Estee Lauder Companies from $100.00 to $94.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 9th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Estee Lauder Companies in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on shares of Estee Lauder Companies in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $110.00 price objective on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $102.76.

Estee Lauder Companies Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of NYSE EL opened at $68.93 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $97.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $98.20. The stock has a market cap of $24.93 billion, a P/E ratio of -137.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.78 and a beta of 1.26. Estee Lauder Companies has a 52-week low of $48.37 and a 52-week high of $121.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.82, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.36.

Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $4.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.22 billion. Estee Lauder Companies had a negative net margin of 1.21% and a positive return on equity of 17.59%. Estee Lauder Companies’s revenue was up 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.62 earnings per share. Estee Lauder Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.030-2.230 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Estee Lauder Companies will post 1.36 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Estee Lauder Companies

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its holdings in shares of Estee Lauder Companies by 185.3% in the 4th quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 8,140,550 shares of the company’s stock worth $861,596,000 after purchasing an additional 5,286,875 shares in the last quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its stake in Estee Lauder Companies by 4,281.3% during the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 4,094,761 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,094,761,000 after purchasing an additional 4,001,300 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Estee Lauder Companies during the fourth quarter worth $308,912,000. M&T Bank Corp lifted its stake in shares of Estee Lauder Companies by 16,270.3% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 2,667,208 shares of the company’s stock valued at $279,310,000 after buying an additional 2,650,915 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Estee Lauder Companies by 3,181.4% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,312,535 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,781,000 after buying an additional 2,242,062 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 55.15% of the company’s stock.

Estee Lauder Companies Company Profile

Estée Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE: EL) is a global leader in prestige beauty that develops, manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. Founded in 1946 by Estée Lauder, the company has grown from a small family business into a multinational consumer-products enterprise headquartered in New York City. Its activities span product research and development, brand and product marketing, manufacturing and global distribution across multiple retail channels.

The company’s portfolio includes a mix of legacy and prestige brands that target different consumer segments and price points, with well-known names such as Estée Lauder, Clinique, MAC, La Mer and Jo Malone among others.