Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T (EL) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Sell if holding. At $79.55, A.R:R 0.7:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 6.5%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4).
Estée Lauder is a global manufacturer, marketer and seller of prestige beauty products across skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care under 20+ brands including Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C, La Mer and TOM FORD, sold in approximately 150 countries. Revenue is generated... Read more
Sell if holding. At $79.55, A.R:R 0.7:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 6.5%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4). Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 56. Score 4.6/10, high confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.60, earnings proximity 92d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T
Latest news
- TD Cowen Maintains Hold Rating on Estée Lauder (EL) - Insider Monkey — Insider Monkey neutral
- TD Cowen Maintains Hold Rating on Estée Lauder (EL) - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- Covenant Asset Management LLC Buys Shares of 34,703 The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. $EL - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- EL Q3 Earnings on the Horizon: Essential Insights for Investors - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail neutral
- Estee Lauder (EL) Moves Forward with Financing for Puig Acquisition - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-01Item 2.05MEDIUMEstée Lauder updated its Profit Recovery and Growth Plan (PRGP) restructuring program, expanded in February 2025 to include reorganization/rightsizing, process simplification, outsourcing and go-to-market footprint evolution. Cumulative charges updated; full expected amounts not re-quantified in this amendment.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. At $79.55, A.R:R 0.7:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 6.5%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4). Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 56. Prior stop was $74.41. Score 4.6/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $85.19 (+6.5% upside). Prior stop was $74.41. Stop-loss: $74.41.
Thin upside margin: 6.5%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4); Leverage penalty (D/E 2.3): -1.5.
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 25.2). TrendMatrix value score: 5.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
34 analysts cover EL with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $95.
What does Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T do?Estée Lauder is a global manufacturer, marketer and seller of prestige beauty products across skin care, makeup,...
Estée Lauder is a global manufacturer, marketer and seller of prestige beauty products across skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care under 20+ brands including Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C, La Mer and TOM FORD, sold in approximately 150 countries. Revenue is generated through wholesale channels and ~1,600 freestanding stores; the largest client provides approximately 3% of total revenue, reflecting broad diversification.