Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE: EL) is -7.35% 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 $82.77 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -13.3%.
Currently trading at $69.47, the stock is -11.23% and -9.38% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 17.77 million and changing -16.07% at the moment leaves the stock -27.72% off its SMA200. EL registered -48.43% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -27.26%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $76.564 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $96.44875.
The stock witnessed a -6.10% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.77%, and is -16.27% down 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 5.44% over the week and 3.80% over the month.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) has around 62000 employees, a market worth around $24.94B and $15.40B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 124.05 and Fwd P/E is 27.03. Profit margin for the company is 1.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.53% and -56.51% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.43%).
with sales reaching $3.61B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -41.96% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -6.53% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -8.32% in year-over-year returns.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) Top Institutional Holders
1379.0 institutions hold shares in Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL), with institutional investors hold 91.60% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 233.44M, and float is at 232.30M with Short Float at 3.47%. Institutions hold 91.20% 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
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Estee Lauder Cos., Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 19 ’24 that FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) bought a total of 77,800 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 19 ’24 and was made at $64.48 per share for $5.02 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.39 million shares of the EL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 15 ’24, FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) acquired 77,500 shares at an average price of $64.01 for $4.96 million. The insider now directly holds 234,500 shares of Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL).
