Growth Metrics

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

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 8.62% in Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Operating Margin fell 486.0% year-over-year to 8.62%; the TTM value through Mar 2025 reached 4.25%, down 1205.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 6.21%, 327.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 8.62% in Q1 2025 per EL's latest filing, up from 14.49% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 25.6% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 14.49% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 8.19%, with a median of 8.62% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: skyrocketed 2829bps in 2021, then crashed -2790bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 25.6% in 2021, then tumbled by -53bps to 12.03% in 2022, then increased by 11bps to 13.41% in 2023, then tumbled by -208bps to 14.49% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 160bps to 8.62% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 8.62% in Q1 2025, 14.49% in Q4 2024, and 3.6% in Q3 2024.