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Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Estee Lauder Companies has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at $1.0 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at $1.0 billion for Q4 2025, up 9.95% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $1.1 billion (down 0.7% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $670.0 million, down 53.5%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $1.0 billion at Estee Lauder Companies, up from -$436.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for EL hit a ceiling of $1.7 billion in Q4 2021 and a floor of -$811.0 million in Q3 2024.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $378.5 million (2023), compared with a mean of $334.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: crashed 218.18% in 2021 and later surged 987.88% in 2024.
  • Estee Lauder Companies' Free Cash Flow stood at $1.7 billion in 2021, then plummeted by 32.22% to $1.1 billion in 2022, then dropped by 1.85% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then fell by 16.89% to $925.0 million in 2024, then grew by 9.95% to $1.0 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $1.0 billion (Q4 2025), -$436.0 million (Q3 2025), and $394.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.