Growth Metrics

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Estee Lauder Companies has reported Return on Assets over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Assets at 0.01% for Q4 2025, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.01% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.05%, down 7.0%.
  • Return on Assets for Q4 2025 was 0.01% at Estee Lauder Companies, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Assets for EL hit a ceiling of 0.16% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 0.06% in Q2 2025.
  • Median Return on Assets over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.05%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Assets: increased 10bps in 2021 and later decreased -11bps in 2023.
  • Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Assets stood at 0.15% in 2021, then plummeted by -50bps to 0.07% in 2022, then tumbled by -72bps to 0.02% in 2023, then plummeted by -261bps to 0.03% in 2024, then surged by 73bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Assets were 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.