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

Estee Lauder Companies has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 9.48% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 9.48% for Q4 2025, up 2397.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 3.31% (up 597.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 5.48%, down 1169.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 9.48% at Estee Lauder Companies, up from 4.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for EL hit a ceiling of 25.6% in Q4 2021 and a floor of 14.49% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 8.27% (2025), compared with a mean of 7.11%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: soared 2829bps in 2021 and later tumbled -2790bps in 2024.
  • Estee Lauder Companies' Operating Margin stood at 25.6% in 2021, then crashed by -53bps to 12.03% in 2022, then rose by 11bps to 13.41% in 2023, then crashed by -208bps to 14.49% in 2024, then surged by 165bps to 9.48% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 9.48% (Q4 2025), 4.85% (Q3 2025), and 11.43% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.