Growth Metrics

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Estee Lauder Companies has reported FCF Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 24.05% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 24.05% for Q4 2025, up 95.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 7.75% (up 21.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 4.68%, down 456.0%.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 24.05% at Estee Lauder Companies, up from 12.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for EL hit a ceiling of 30.2% in Q4 2021 and a floor of 24.13% in Q3 2024.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 10.8% (2023), compared with a mean of 7.4%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: plummeted -1895bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 1160bps in 2025.
  • Estee Lauder Companies' FCF Margin stood at 30.2% in 2021, then dropped by -19bps to 24.55% in 2022, then increased by 6bps to 26.01% in 2023, then dropped by -11bps to 23.1% in 2024, then increased by 4bps to 24.05% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 24.05% (Q4 2025), 12.53% (Q3 2025), and 11.55% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.