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

Estee Lauder Companies' (EL) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.37 in Q1 2026, up 1.28% year-on-year from 0.37 in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 0.37 in Q4 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 0.37 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio rose 1.28% year-over-year to 0.37 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.37, a 1.28% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.37, up 2.61% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio held at 0.37 in Q1 2026 per EL's latest filing, from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.38 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.26 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.36 (2023), against an average of 0.34.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio decreased 14.67% in 2022 and surged 34.94% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.26 in 2022, then soared by 34.94% to 0.35 in 2023, then climbed by 5.38% to 0.37 in 2024, then advanced by 1.22% to 0.37 in 2025, then fell by 0.29% to 0.37 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest EL Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.37 (Q1 2026), 0.37 (Q4 2025), and 0.38 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.29
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - 0.40
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 0.48
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 0.32
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 0.41
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 0.37
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.27
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 0.39
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn 0.01
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 0.35

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Sep 30, 2021 0.26
Jun 30, 2021 0.25