Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Estee Lauder Companies' (EL) Debt Ratio stood at 0.36 in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), down 4.1% from 0.38 a year earlier and down 1.8% from the prior quarter.
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Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Estee Lauder Companies' Debt Ratio came in at 0.37, up 0.5% from FY2025.
- Annual Debt Ratio has increased for five straight fiscal years.
- Across earlier fiscal years, Debt Ratio came in at 0.37 in FY2025 (+2.6%), 0.36 in FY2024 (+3.5%), 0.35 in FY2023 (+33.9%) and 0.26 in FY2022 (+2.1%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure is the lowest quarterly Debt Ratio since fiscal Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Debt Ratio rose in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 2.2%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Debt Ratio in the last five years was growth of 34.9% in fiscal Q2 2024, against a decline of 14.7% in fiscal Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 0.37 (Q4 2026), 0.37 (Q3 2026) and 0.37 (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 389.52 Bn | 341.08 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 0.29 |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.87 Bn | 72.35 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 0.46 |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 40.86 Bn | 27.95 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 0.36 |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 0.31 |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.57 Bn | 32.51 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 0.37 |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.26 Bn | 24.65 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 0.24 |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.68 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 0.66 |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.96 Bn | 5.78 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 0.32 |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.15 Bn | 4.85 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 0.30 |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.60 Bn | 1.80 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 0.70 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 0.36 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.37 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.37 |
| 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 | 0.37 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.36 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.34 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.35 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.36 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.35 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.32 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.26 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.27 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.26 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.26 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.25 |
API Access
Estee Lauder Companies Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "ticker": "EL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();