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

Estee Lauder Companies has reported Gross Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 76.5% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 76.5% for Q4 2025, up 40.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 74.34% (up 125.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 73.97%, up 231.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 76.5% at Estee Lauder Companies, up from 73.37% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for EL hit a ceiling of 77.92% in Q4 2021 and a floor of 67.78% in Q2 2023.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 73.49% (2022), compared with a mean of 73.41%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: skyrocketed 651bps in 2021 and later plummeted -748bps in 2023.
  • Estee Lauder Companies' Gross Margin stood at 77.92% in 2021, then fell by -6bps to 73.61% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 73.03% in 2023, then increased by 4bps to 76.1% in 2024, then grew by 1bps to 76.5% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 76.5% (Q4 2025), 73.37% (Q3 2025), and 72.0% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.