Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE: EL) is -9.19% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $62.29 and a high of $159.54 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 $70.18 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.09%.
Currently trading at $68.09, the stock is -3.04% and -8.46% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.9 million and changing -2.98% at the moment leaves the stock -24.01% off its SMA200. EL registered -54.17% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -24.82%.
The stock witnessed a -18.39% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.94%, and is -8.95% 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 3.92% over the week and 4.24% over the month.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) has around 62000 employees, a market worth around $24.49B and $15.12B in sales. Fwd P/E is 28.69. Profit margin for the company is -4.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.31% and -57.32% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-5.32%).
with sales reaching $3.51B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -46.05% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -7.39% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -10.92% in year-over-year returns.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 234.15M, and float is at 233.03M with Short Float at 3.54%.
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 2.6885% and valued at over $1.03 billion, while EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC holds 2.2044 of the shares totaling 7.92 million with a market value of $842.98 million.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by FRIBOURG PAUL J,the company’sDirector. SEC filings show that FRIBOURG PAUL J bought 45,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 07 ’25 at a price of $65.00 per share for a total of $2.96 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.52 million shares.
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 05 ’25 that Shrivastava Akhil (EVP & CFO) bought a total of 700 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 05 ’25 and was made at $65.79 per share for $46053.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2381.0 shares of the EL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 06 ’25, FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) acquired 44,000 shares at an average price of $65.26 for $2.87 million. The insider now directly holds 474,800 shares of Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL).
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) that is trading 3.82% up over the past 12 months. Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) that is 8.53% higher over the same period.
