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

Estee Lauder Companies' Return on Invested Capital history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.02% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.02% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.02%, a 1.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.03%, down 4.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital climbed to 0.02% in Q1 2026 per EL's latest filing, from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.03% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.2% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.0% (2024), against an average of 0.01%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital climbed 2 bps in 2022 and decreased 20 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then tumbled by 92 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then plunged by 275 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then slumped by 10087 bps to 0.2% in 2025, then soared by 91 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest EL Return on Invested Capital figures stand at 0.02% (Q1 2026), 0.2% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025).