Buyback yield (TTM)
0.27%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
2.22%
5Y share count change
-1.9%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$70.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$13.78B
Key takeaways
- Estée Lauder Companies (EL) repurchased about $70.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 1.9% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.16× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -47.7% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 9% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Estée Lauder Companies (EL)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Estée Lauder Companies (EL)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Estée Lauder Companies (EL)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Estée Lauder Companies (EL)
Latest: $35.00M
Overview
The 2025 reading of Estée Lauder Companies (EL) buyback spend is $35.00M – edged up 0.0% year-over-year.
Estée Lauder Companies buyback spend compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is -47.7%, with a net decline across the window.
Between 2022 and 2025, Estée Lauder Companies buyback spend plunged 98.5%, falling from $2.31B to $35.00M.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $2.31B in 2022 and its low of $0.00 in 1996.
Estée Lauder Companies Buyback Spend 2025: $35.00M
In 2025, Estée Lauder Companies reported buyback spend of $35.00M, edged up 0.0% from 2024.
Estée Lauder Companies Buyback Spend 2024: $35.00M
Estée Lauder Companies buyback spend in 2024 was $35.00M, plunged 87.1% below 2023.
Estée Lauder Companies Buyback Spend 2023: $271.00M
2023's buyback spend for Estée Lauder Companies came in at $271.00M, plunged 88.3% below 2022.
Estée Lauder Companies Buyback Spend 2022: $2.31B
Estée Lauder Companies posted buyback spend of $2.31B in 2022, surged 215.0% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Estée Lauder Companies Buyback Spend 2021: $733.00M
Estée Lauder Companies buyback spend in 2021 was $733.00M.
See more financial history for Estée Lauder Companies (EL).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $35.00M | $304.00M | −$269.00M | 0.12% | 0.36B | -0.2% | |
| 2024 | $35.00M | $0.00 | $35.00M | 0.09% | 0.36B | -0.0% | |
| 2023 | $271.00M | $0.00 | $271.00M | 0.39% | 0.36B | -1.1% | |
| 2022 | $2.31B | $0.00 | $2.31B | 2.53% | 0.36B | -0.9% | |
| 2021 | $733.00M | $0.00 | $733.00M | 0.64% | 0.37B | +0.4% | |
| 2020 | $893.00M | $0.00 | $893.00M | 1.32% | 0.37B | -0.9% | |
| 2019 | $1.55B | $0.00 | $1.55B | 2.36% | 0.37B | -1.4% | |
| 2018 | $759.00M | $0.00 | $759.00M | 1.45% | 0.38B | +0.7% | |
| 2017 | $413.00M | $0.00 | $413.00M | 1.17% | 0.37B | -1.0% | |
| 2016 | $889.90M | $0.00 | $889.90M | 2.65% | 0.38B | -2.4% | |
| 2015 | $982.80M | $0.00 | $982.80M | 3.01% | 0.39B | -1.9% | |
| 2014 | $667.20M | $0.00 | $667.20M | 2.35% | 0.39B | -0.5% | |
| 2013 | $387.70M | $0.00 | $387.70M | 1.49% | 0.39B | -0.5% | |
| 2012 | $592.70M | $0.00 | $592.70M | 2.82% | 0.40B | -1.3% | |
| 2011 | $396.60M | $0.00 | $396.60M | 1.91% | 0.40B | +0.2% | |
| 2010 | $266.70M | $0.00 | $266.70M | 2.42% | 0.40B | +1.1% | |
| 2009 | $62.60M | $0.00 | $62.60M | 0.97% | 0.40B | +0.7% | |
| 2008 | $129.60M | $47.20M | $82.40M | 1.44% | 0.39B | -5.1% | |
| 2007 | $1.00B | $0.00 | $1.00B | 11.37% | 0.42B | -4.4% | |
| 2006 | $400.50M | $0.00 | $400.50M | 4.88% | 0.43B | -4.9% | |
| 2005 | $438.60M | $0.00 | $438.60M | 5.03% | 0.46B | -1.3% | |
| 2004 | $115.90M | $0.00 | $115.90M | 1.04% | 0.46B | -1.3% | |
| 2003 | $352.50M | $0.00 | $352.50M | 4.57% | 0.47B | -2.7% | |
| 2002 | $49.70M | $0.00 | $49.70M | 0.59% | 0.48B | -0.5% | |
| 2001 | $100.00K | $0.00 | $100.00K | 0.00% | 0.48B | -0.1% | |
| 2000 | $23.60M | $0.00 | $23.60M | — | 0.48B | +0.1% | |
| 1999 | $12.70M | $0.00 | $12.70M | — | 0.48B | +1.1% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.48B | +0.4% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.48B | +36.8% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.35B | — | |
| 1995 | $1.10M | $0.00 | $1.10M | — | — | — |
- 2025$35.00M
- 2024$35.00M
- 2023$271.00M
- 2022$2.31B
- 2021$733.00M
- 2020$893.00M
- 2019$1.55B
- 2018$759.00M
- 2017$413.00M
- 2016$889.90M
- 2015$982.80M
- 2014$667.20M
- 2013$387.70M
- 2012$592.70M
- 2011$396.60M
- 2010$266.70M
- 2009$62.60M
- 2008$129.60M
- 2007$1.00B
- 2006$400.50M
- 2005$438.60M
- 2004$115.90M
- 2003$352.50M
- 2002$49.70M
- 2001$100.00K
- 2000$23.60M
- 1999$12.70M
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$1.10M
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Estée Lauder Companies (EL)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.16×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Estée Lauder Companies (EL)
How Estée Lauder Companies splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Estée Lauder Companies, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $778.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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