Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Estee Lauder Companies (EL) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 1.85% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), up 6.60 percentage points from -4.74% a year earlier and up 0.93 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 0.92%, up 6.37 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of -13.55 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Assets [ROA] was -5.45% in FY2025 (-7.27 pp), 1.81% in FY2024 (-2.74 pp), 4.56% in FY2023 (-6.67 pp) and 11.23% in FY2022 (-3.23 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since fiscal Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.90 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with a gain of 9.92 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2023, with a drop of 10.50 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 0.92% (Q4 2026), -1.26% (Q3 2026) and -0.91% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 390.78 Bn | 342.58 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 12.42% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.96 Bn | 72.79 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 12.97% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 41.21 Bn | 28.31 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 1.85% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 6.33% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.84 Bn | 32.92 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 18.39% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.38 Bn | 24.77 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 8.40% |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.88 Bn | 11.29 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 8.86% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 7.00 Bn | 5.82 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 3.45% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.26 Bn | 4.95 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 10.01% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.38 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 29.51% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.85% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.92% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.26% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.91% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -4.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -5.70% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4.40% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.39% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.84% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.88% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.10% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.41% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.38% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.03% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.42% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.77% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.39% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 15.53% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.93% |
API Access
Estee Lauder Companies Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();