HIGHOutside partySupplier
single or limited number of suppliers
“10-K Item 1A: 'Some of our products rely on a single or a limited number of suppliers.'”
EL · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T (EL) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T discloses is single or limited number of suppliers, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 2 disclosed concentrations
HIGH1
MEDIUM1
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
MEDIUMBuilt-inCustomer
travel retail channel
“10-K Item 1A: 'travel retail, a significant contributor to our overall results'”
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-10-18Estee Lauder's disclosed concentrations are a supply-side dependency and a channel exposure that is structural. On supply, the company states that some of its products rely on a single or a limited number of suppliers, a high-share exposure with no disclosed percentage. This is the more idiosyncratic risk: a disruption, quality failure, or pricing change at a constrained supplier could interrupt specific product lines regardless of consumer demand, and replacing such sources may take time. On the sales side, travel retail is described as a significant contributor to overall results, a medium-share exposure. This is structural rather than counterparty-specific, because the channel's performance depends on international travel flows, airline and border conditions, and the spending behavior of travelers, all of which can shift quickly and sit outside the company's control. Taken together, the supplier exposure can limit what the company can produce, while the travel retail exposure influences how much of it sells and at what mix. The sources provide no percentages for either, so the weight of each cannot be quantified; both are best understood as well-disclosed operating sensitivities rather than a single point of failure.
For the engine’s reasoning on EL’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Household & Personal Products
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHD | Church & Dwight Company, Inc. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| CLX | Clorox Company (The) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| ELF | e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| COTY | Coty Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| EL● | Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.