Estee Lauder Cos., Inc (EL) stock forecast: Can it reach its 52-week high of $139.34

A share price of Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [EL] is currently trading at $61.24, up 3.34%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The EL shares have gain 3.99% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 22.33%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [NYSE: EL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 02, 2025, when Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating and also revised its price target to $66 from $76. Previously, Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed its Market Perform rating on November 01, 2024, and dropped its price target to $76. On November 01, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $74 on the stock. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and decreased its price target to $72 on October 31, 2024. Stifel downgraded its rating to a Hold but $125 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 31, 2024. Citigroup downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on October 31, 2024, and downed its price target to $80. In a note dated October 16, 2024, HSBC Securities downgraded an Hold rating on this stock but restated the target price of $100.

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $48.37 and $139.34. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $60 within the next 12 months. Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [NYSE: EL] shares were valued at $61.24 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -2.02% based on the average EL price forecast.

Analyzing the EL fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [NYSE:EL] were 14.74B which represents -9.73% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.74% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.04, Equity is -0.18 and Total Capital is -0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.16.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 59.61 points at the first support level, and at 57.99 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 62.51, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 63.79.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Estee Lauder Cos., Inc [NYSE:EL] is 1.41. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.02 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.53. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.49, the price to book ratio is 5.07.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Michael O’Hare, Officer, that happened on May 02 ’25 when 9540.0 shares were purchased. Director, FRIBOURG PAUL J completed a deal on Feb 07 ’25 to buy 45500.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP & CFO Shrivastava Akhil bought 700.0 shares on Feb 05 ’25.

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