Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) recorded quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.35 in Q1 2026, down 7.1% quarter-over-quarter from 0.37 in Q4 2025, and down 5.63% on a YoY basis from 0.37 in Q1 2025.

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Estee Lauder Companies' Debt Ratio history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.35 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 5.63% year-over-year to 0.35; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.35 (down 5.63% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.37, up 9.68% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.35 for Q1 2026 at Estee Lauder Companies, down from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.38 in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.23 in Q1 2023.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.31 across 5 years, with a median of 0.32 in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Debt Ratio fell 14.67% in 2022, then soared 41.77% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.25 in 2022, then grew by 15.68% to 0.29 in 2023, then climbed by 29.11% to 0.37 in 2024, then increased by 1.24% to 0.37 in 2025, then fell by 7.1% to 0.35 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.35 (Q1 2026), 0.37 (Q4 2025), and 0.38 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - 0.00
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.29
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - 0.40
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 0.48
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 0.32
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 0.41
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 0.35
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.27
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 0.39
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn 0.35

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.35
Dec 31, 2025 0.37
Sep 30, 2025 0.38
Jun 30, 2025 0.37
Mar 31, 2025 0.37
Dec 31, 2024 0.37
Sep 30, 2024 0.34
Jun 30, 2024 0.34
Mar 31, 2024 0.32
Dec 31, 2023 0.29
Sep 30, 2023 0.31
Jun 30, 2023 0.30
Mar 31, 2023 0.23
Dec 31, 2022 0.25
Sep 30, 2022 0.26
Jun 30, 2022 0.25
Mar 31, 2022 0.26
Dec 31, 2021 0.25
Sep 30, 2021 0.26
Jun 30, 2021 0.25