Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)
Estee Lauder Companies (EL) posted Retained Earnings of $11.34 billion for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 2.8% from $11.67 billion a year earlier and down 2.1% from the prior quarter.
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Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Since fiscal Q4 2010, Estee Lauder Companies has reported Retained Earnings for 65 quarters.
- Annual Retained Earnings has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -1.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Estee Lauder Companies' Retained Earnings was $11.67 billion in FY2025 (-13.1%), $13.43 billion in FY2024 (-4.0%), $13.99 billion in FY2023 (+0.6%) and $13.91 billion in FY2022 (+13.6%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Retained Earnings since fiscal Q2 2021.
- On a year-over-year basis, Retained Earnings has declined in each of the last 12 quarters, with an average decline of 8.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Retained Earnings in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2022, with growth of 23.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2025, with a decline of 13.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings for the three prior fiscal quarters was $11.59 billion (Q3 2026), $11.62 billion (Q2 2026) and $11.59 billion (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 346.43 Bn | 302.42 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 135.85 Bn |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 69.04 Bn | 64.10 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 27.09 Bn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 34.63 Bn | 22.70 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 11.34 Bn |
| 4 | Kenvue | 34.35 Bn | 29.97 Bn | 2.30 Bn | -70.00 Mn |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 32.85 Bn | 30.17 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 9.77 Bn |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.69 Bn | 21.21 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 7.04 Bn |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.84 Bn | 8.28 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 386.00 Mn |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.00 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 398.84 Mn | -89.33 Mn |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.65 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 853.00 Mn |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.78 Bn | 3.58 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 838.59 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 11.34 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.59 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.62 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.59 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.67 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 12.34 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.31 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.03 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.43 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.95 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.86 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.78 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.26 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.34 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.19 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.91 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.08 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.74 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 12.86 Bn |
API Access
Estee Lauder Companies Retained Earnings API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "ticker": "EL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();