The Estee Lauder (The Estee Lauder) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.79 (As of Dec. 2023)

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The Estee Lauder's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was USD1,866 Mil. The Estee Lauder's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was USD8,335 Mil. The Estee Lauder's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was USD5,712 Mil. The Estee Lauder's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.79.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Estee Lauder's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

EL' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.35 Med: 0.89 Max: 2.23
Current: 1.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of The Estee Lauder was 2.23. The lowest was 0.35. And the median was 0.89.

EL's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
91.9% of 1641 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs EL: 1.79

The Estee Lauder Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Estee Lauder's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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The Estee Lauder Annual Data

Trend

Jun14

Jun15

Jun16

Jun17

Jun18

Jun19

Jun20

Jun21

Jun22

Jun23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.78

2.23

1.34

1.37

1.82

The Estee Lauder Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.27	1.61	1.82	1.90	1.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, The Estee Lauder's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

The Estee Lauder Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, The Estee Lauder's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Estee Lauder's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

The Estee Lauder Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

The Estee Lauder's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1354	+	8815)	/	5585
	=	1.82

The Estee Lauder's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1866	+	8335)	/	5712
	=	1.79

The Estee Lauder (NYSE:EL) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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The Estee Lauder (The Estee Lauder) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10153

Website

https://www.elcompanies.com

Estee Lauder is a leader in the global prestige beauty market, participating across skin care (56% of 2022 sales), makeup (26%), fragrance (14%), and hair care (4%) categories, with top-selling brands such as Estee Lauder, Clinique, M.A.C, La Mer, Jo Malone London, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, and Origins. The firm operates in more than 150 countries, generating 26% of revenue from the Americas, 43% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (including travel retail), and 31% from Asia Pacific. Estee Lauder sells its products through department stores, travel retail, specialty multibrand beauty stores, brand-dedicated freestanding stores, e-commerce, salons/spas, and perfumeries.

Executives

Charlene Barshefsky	director
Jane Lauder	director	767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
Hudis Jane Hertzmark	officer: Group President	C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
Carl P. Haney	officer: EVP-Global R&D	C/O ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
Jennifer Hyman	director	767 FIFTH AVENUE, C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., NEW YORK NY 10153
Fabrizio Freda	officer: President and COO	767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
De La Faverie Stephane	officer: Executive Group President	C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., NEW YORK NY 10153
Michael O'hare	officer: EVP-Global Human Resources	767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
Wei Sun Christianson	director	MORGAN STANLEY, TOWER 1, 18 TAIPINGQIAO ST. XICHENG DIST, BEIJING F4 1000032
Barry S Sternlicht	director	STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP GLOBAL LP, 1601 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 800, MIAMI BEACH FL 33139
Angela Wei Dong	director	C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
Peter Jueptner	officer: President, International
Arturo Nunez	director	C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
Ronald S Lauder	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman Clinique Labs, Inc.	767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
John Demsey	officer: Group President	767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036