Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Estee Lauder Companies (EL) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 3.12% for Q1 2026, up 735.0% year-over-year from 0.37% in Q1 2025, and down 8.69% quarter-over-quarter from 3.42% in Q4 2025.
Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 3.12% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 735.0% year-over-year to 3.12%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.12% (up 735.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 5.11%, down 1087.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 3.12%, down from 3.42% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 20.69% in Q2 2022, with the low at 5.43% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.88% (2023), against an average of 6.71%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed jumped 774 bps in 2022, then sank 1355 bps in 2023.
- Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Capital Employed stood at 13.83% in 2022, then sank by 57 bps to 5.88% in 2023, then tumbled by 144 bps to 2.6% in 2024, then jumped by 232 bps to 3.42% in 2025, then retreated by 9 bps to 3.12% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows EL's Return on Capital Employed at 3.12% in Q1 2026, 3.42% in Q4 2025, and 3.41% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.42% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -3.41% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -5.43% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4.23% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -2.60% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.69% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.88% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.82% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.88% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.53% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.97% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.36% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 13.83% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 19.08% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.69% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 20.39% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 19.94% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 17.31% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 16.74% |