Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE: EL) is -47.02% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $62.29 and a high of $159.75 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The EL stock was last observed hovering at around $75.98 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.5%.
Currently trading at $77.48, the stock is 14.34% and -4.68% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.54 million and changing 1.97% at the moment leaves the stock -29.73% off its SMA200. EL registered -41.28% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -37.28%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $81.471 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $110.6122.
The stock witnessed a 16.37% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.16%, and is 6.18% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.85% over the week and 3.73% over the month.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) has around 62000 employees, a market worth around $27.81B and $15.40B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 138.36 and Fwd P/E is 28.87. Profit margin for the company is 1.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 24.39% and -51.50% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.43%).
with sales reaching $3.98B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -39.73% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -4.70% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -7.01% in year-over-year returns.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) Top Institutional Holders
1424.0 institutions hold shares in Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL), with institutional investors hold 90.44% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 233.44M, and float is at 232.29M with Short Float at 3.38%. Institutions hold 90.05% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 21.33 million shares valued at $2.27 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 5.9395% of the EL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 14.84 million shares valued at $1.58 billion to account for 4.1332 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 9.66 million shares representing 2.6907% and valued at over $1.03 billion, while EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC holds 2.2063 of the shares totaling 7.92 million with a market value of $842.98 million.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by FRIBOURG PAUL J, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that FRIBOURG PAUL J bought 77,800 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 19 ’24 at a price of $64.48 per share for a total of $5.02 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.39 million shares.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 15 ’24 that FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) bought a total of 77,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 15 ’24 and was made at $64.01 per share for $4.96 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.23 million shares of the EL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 18 ’24, FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) acquired 75,500 shares at an average price of $64.93 for $4.9 million. The insider now directly holds 310,000 shares of Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL).
