EL Estée Lauder Companies (The)data gap · 75% coveragelimited data
Consumer Staples · Personal Care Products · close $104.54 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 55/100 (grade C), ranking #7 of 52 in Consumer Staples. Its strongest pillars are analyst sentiment (83) and balance sheet (65); its weakest is valuation (0). Data gap: 3 factors without usable data, so 75% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 5.0% and operating margin 5.2%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: EPS growth YoY (TTM), FCF yield, EV/Sales (inverted). Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 75% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 83| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 47 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 88 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 59| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (20.5%) | 5.0% | 52 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
| Revenue acceleration (10.3%) | 1.8% | 74 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 62| Operating margin (9.9%) | 5.2% | 36 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (8.6%) | 1.5% | 92 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 65| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | -0.07× | 85 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 1.22 | 63 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 2.34× | 14 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 55| FCF margin (12.3%) | 8.7% | 55 |
| FCF yield (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 0| P/E (inverted) (12.3%) | 209.08× | 0 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 63.7 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 100.51 / 98.09 · crossed up 5d ago |
| 200-day SMA | 91.70 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 0.93× |
| 20-day return | 11.4% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: GrossProfit · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseNonoperating · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is EL's House Rating?
- EL scores 55 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #7 of 52 Consumer Staples stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about EL?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for EL scores 83/100 against its sector peers, which we read as positive. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does EL report earnings next?
- EL's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-29 (window 2026-10-26 to 2026-11-01), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is EL a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology