Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)
Estee Lauder Companies (EL) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 9.38% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), up 33.37 percentage points from -23.98% a year earlier and up 4.72 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 4.75%, up 29.43 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of -52.45 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Equity [ROE] was -24.69% in FY2025 (-32.19 pp), 7.51% in FY2024 (-10.57 pp), 18.08% in FY2023 (-23.15 pp) and 41.23% in FY2022 (-15.97 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since fiscal Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.56 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with a gain of 33.79 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2023, with a drop of 35.70 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 4.67% (Q4 2026), -6.18% (Q3 2026) and -4.49% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 390.78 Bn | 342.58 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 29.40% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.96 Bn | 72.79 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 360.53% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 41.21 Bn | 28.31 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 9.38% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 16.32% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.84 Bn | 32.92 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 134.80% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.38 Bn | 24.77 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 17.55% |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.88 Bn | 11.29 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 371.05% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 7.00 Bn | 5.82 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 7.23% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.26 Bn | 4.95 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 21.97% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.38 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 692.00 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.38% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.67% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -6.18% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -4.49% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -23.98% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -27.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -20.51% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -15.07% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.17% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.40% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.57% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.74% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.18% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 17.62% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 26.45% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 39.67% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 40.90% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 54.24% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 52.69% |
API Access
Estee Lauder Companies Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();