Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE: EL) – Not A Clear Buying Opportunity?

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $66.95, with 3.13 million shares of worth about $209.71 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -27.21% during that period and on March 27, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.61%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 234.15M shares, out of which, 233.03M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -1.57% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -8.64%. Year-to-date (YTD), EL shares are showing a performance of -10.71% which decreased to -51.89% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $62.29 but also hit the highest price of $155.73 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc shares is 3.85 million. The stock is currently trading -2.42% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -7.49% for SMA50 and it goes to -20.86% lower than SMA200.

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (NYSE: EL) currently have 234.15M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 60.32% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $24.08B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.10. It has posted earnings per share of -$1.95 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 0.97 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 2.25. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for EL, volatility over the week remained 2.59% while standing at 3.46% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -46.23% while it is estimated to increase by 67.14% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 6.32% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -25.84% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Telsey Advisory Group on November 01, 2024 offering a Market perform rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $105 and $76 to it. Coverage by JP Morgan stated Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on November 01, 2024, suggesting a price target of $74 for the stock. On October 31, 2024, Wells Fargo Downgrade their recommendations, while on October 31, 2024, Stifel Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $125. Stock get a Neutral rating from Citigroup on October 31, 2024.

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