Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Estee Lauder Companies' (EL) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 76.4% in Q1 2026, up 144.0% year-on-year from 31.31% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 76.5% in Q4 2025.

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Estee Lauder Companies' Gross Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 76.4% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 144.0% year-over-year to 76.4% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 74.71%, a 86.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 73.97%, up 231.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin steadied at 76.4% in Q1 2026 per EL's latest filing, from 76.5% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 76.58% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 67.78% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 73.03% (2023), against an average of 72.95%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin plunged 748 bps in 2023 and jumped 399 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 73.61% in 2022, then retreated by 1 bps to 73.03% in 2023, then grew by 4 bps to 76.1% in 2024, then climbed by 1 bps to 76.5% in 2025, then dropped by 0 bps to 76.4% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest EL Gross Margin figures stand at 76.4% (Q1 2026), 76.5% (Q4 2025), and 73.37% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 347.16 Bn 334.85 Bn 10.51 Bn 49.51%
2 Unilever 134.51 Bn 124.03 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.72 Bn 72.39 Bn 3.23 Bn 60.59%
4 Kenvue 37.34 Bn 37.24 Bn 2.30 Bn 58.89%
5 Kimberly Clark 37.03 Bn 36.48 Bn 1.53 Bn 36.85%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.97 Bn 26.84 Bn 2.84 Bn 76.40%
7 Church & Dwight 23.39 Bn 22.89 Bn 681.40 Mn 46.38%
8 Clorox 11.81 Bn 10.62 Bn 722.00 Mn 43.23%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.37 Bn 6.23 Bn 153.20 Mn 77.66%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.82 Bn 4.53 Bn 326.45 Mn 72.66%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 76.40%
Dec 31, 2025 76.50%
Sep 30, 2025 73.37%
Jun 30, 2025 72.00%
Mar 31, 2025 74.96%
Dec 31, 2024 76.10%
Sep 30, 2024 72.39%
Jun 30, 2024 71.76%
Mar 31, 2024 71.90%
Dec 31, 2023 73.03%
Sep 30, 2023 69.58%
Jun 30, 2023 67.78%
Mar 31, 2023 69.10%
Dec 31, 2022 73.61%
Sep 30, 2022 73.97%
Jun 30, 2022 71.05%
Mar 31, 2022 76.58%
Dec 31, 2021 77.92%
Sep 30, 2021 75.93%
Jun 30, 2021 74.95%