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

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) recorded quarterly Gross Margin of 76.4% in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 76.5% in Q4 2025, and up 144.0% on a YoY basis from 31.31% in Q1 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.

  • In Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 144.0% year-over-year to 76.4%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 74.71% (up 86.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 73.97%, up 231.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 76.4% for Q1 2026 at Estee Lauder Companies, roughly flat from 76.5% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 76.58% in Q1 2022 to a low of 67.78% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 72.95% across 5 years, with a median of 73.03% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Gross Margin plunged 748 bps in 2023, then surged 399 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it 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.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 76.4% (Q1 2026), 76.5% (Q4 2025), and 73.37% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 49.51%
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - -
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 60.59%
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 58.89%
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 36.85%
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 76.40%
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 46.38%
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 43.23%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 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%