Growth Metrics

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on record, last reported at $2.4 billion in Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Operating Expenses rose 2.3% year-over-year to $2.4 billion; the TTM value through Jun 2025 reached $8.5 billion, down 16.43%, while the annual FY2024 figure was $10.2 billion, 3.83% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses reached $2.4 billion in Q1 2025 per EL's latest filing, down from $3.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $3.6 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $2.2 billion in Q3 2022.
  • Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $2.6 billion, with a median of $2.5 billion recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Expenses: dropped 10.33% in 2023, then surged 42.18% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $2.9 billion in 2021, then dropped by 1.83% to $2.8 billion in 2022, then fell by 10.33% to $2.6 billion in 2023, then soared by 42.18% to $3.6 billion in 2024, then plummeted by 35.07% to $2.4 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Expenses were $2.4 billion in Q1 2025, $3.6 billion in Q4 2024, and $2.6 billion in Q3 2024.