Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 3.12% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 735.0% year-over-year to 3.12% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 3.12%, a 735.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 5.11%, down 1087.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed fell to 3.12% in Q1 2026 per EL's latest filing, from 3.42% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 20.69% in Q2 2022 and bottomed 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%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 774 bps in 2022 and slumped 1355 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 13.83% in 2022, then plunged by 57 bps to 5.88% in 2023, then slumped by 144 bps to 2.6% in 2024, then surged by 232 bps to 3.42% in 2025, then decreased by 9 bps to 3.12% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest EL Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 3.12% (Q1 2026), 3.42% (Q4 2025), and 3.41% (Q3 2025).