Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Estee Lauder Companies' Tax Rate was -11.54% in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 9.53 percentage points from -21.06% a year earlier but down 61.82 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Tax Rate at Estee Lauder Companies came in at 64.80%, up 73.74 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +51.11 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was -8.94% in FY2025 (-55.96 pp), 47.02% in FY2024 (+19.32 pp), 27.70% in FY2023 (+7.02 pp) and 20.69% in FY2022 (+7.00 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -21.06% (fiscal Q4 2025) and 56.88% (fiscal Q1 2026) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has increased for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +7.39 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q1 2026 (a gain of 43.55 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 35.84 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, EL's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was 50.28% (Q3 2026), 51.35% (Q2 2026) and 56.88% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 346.43 Bn | 302.42 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 21.66% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 69.04 Bn | 64.10 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 24.32% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 34.63 Bn | 22.70 Bn | 2.74 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kenvue | 34.35 Bn | 29.97 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 23.75% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 32.85 Bn | 30.17 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 37.94% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.69 Bn | 21.21 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 20.75% |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.84 Bn | 8.28 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 21.60% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.00 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 29.38% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.65 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 23.28% |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.78 Bn | 3.58 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 23.55% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 50.28% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 51.35% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 56.88% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 34.02% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 31.07% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 37.57% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.74% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 44.64% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 25.38% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.59% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 18.49% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 21.47% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 22.52% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.33% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 21.03% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 14.85% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 21.76% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 105.00% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 30.83% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 21.32% |
API Access
Estee Lauder Companies Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=EL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();