Estee Lauder Companies EL
NYSE EL
$97.89 -3.80 (-3.74%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 11:22 AM EDT

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.3 for Q2 2026, down 27.63% on a QoQ basis from 0.41 in Q1 2026, and down 6.56% year-over-year from 0.32 in Q2 2025.

Analysis

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Estee Lauder Companies has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.3 in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 6.56% year-over-year to 0.3 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.39, a 58.17% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.39, down 58.15% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.3 for Q2 2026 at Estee Lauder Companies, down from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 7.18 in Q1 2023, with the low at 2.86 in Q1 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.42, with a median of 0.26 recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio slumped 1080.85% in 2022, then soared 351.53% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.21 in 2022, then increased by 2.75% to 0.21 in 2023, then plunged by 35.56% to 0.14 in 2024, then dropped by 8.34% to 0.13 in 2025, then jumped by 135.58% to 0.3 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.3 (Q2 2026), 0.41 (Q1 2026), and 0.13 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Estee Lauder Companies 35.50 Bn 32.00 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.30
2 e.l.f. Beauty 6.00 Bn 5.66 Bn 398.84 Mn -
3 Interparfums 3.57 Bn 3.36 Bn 223.53 Mn 0.58
4 Coty 2.33 Bn 2.15 Bn 772.70 Mn 0.13
5 Olaplex Holdings 1.39 Bn 1.06 Bn 71.66 Mn -
6 Oddity Tech 863.06 Mn 567.35 Mn 137.97 Mn -
7 Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V 568.72 Mn 538.51 Mn 156.58 Mn 0.24
8 Yatsen Holding 261.69 Mn 107.36 Mn 124.36 Mn -
9 Nu Skin Enterprises 229.86 Mn 38.47 Mn 218.33 Mn 0.58
10 Pitanium 207.93 Mn -2.70 Bn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.30
Mar 31, 2026 0.41
Dec 31, 2025 0.13
Sep 30, 2025 -0.29
Jun 30, 2025 0.32
Mar 31, 2025 0.79
Dec 31, 2024 0.14
Sep 30, 2024 -0.30
Jun 30, 2024 0.35
Mar 31, 2024 0.66
Dec 31, 2023 0.21
Sep 30, 2023 -0.34
Jun 30, 2023 0.66
Mar 31, 2023 7.18
Dec 31, 2022 0.21
Sep 30, 2022 -0.27
Jun 30, 2022 0.31
Mar 31, 2022 -2.86
Dec 31, 2021 0.13
Sep 30, 2021 -0.67