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FCF Margin for Estée Lauder Companies (EL)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

8.7%

YoY change

−4.54pp

Trough year (2023)

-9.8%

Peak year (2021)

18.5%

FCF Margin history chart for Estée Lauder Companies (EL) from 1995 to 2025

Latest: 4.7%

FCF Margin change chart for Estée Lauder Companies (EL) from 1995 to 2025

Latest: −4.54pp

FCF Margin history table for Estée Lauder Companies (EL) from 1995 to 2025

  • 20254.7%-4.54pp
  • 20249.2%+19.03pp
  • 2023-9.8%-21.07pp
  • 202211.3%-7.19pp
  • 202118.5%+6.87pp
  • 202011.6%-0.34pp
  • 201911.9%-2.28pp
  • 201814.2%+3.25pp
  • 201711.0%-0.26pp
  • 201611.2%-2.42pp
  • 201513.6%+4.29pp
  • 20149.3%+1.83pp
  • 20137.5%+0.25pp
  • 20127.3%-0.40pp
  • 20117.7%-1.13pp
  • 20108.8%+3.12pp
  • 20095.7%+1.48pp
  • 20084.2%-0.77pp
  • 20075.0%-1.98pp
  • 20066.9%+3.03pp
  • 20053.9%-4.04pp
  • 20048.0%+0.43pp
  • 20037.5%+0.89pp
  • 20026.6%+4.18pp
  • 20012.5%-3.53pp
  • 20006.0%+1.97pp
  • 19994.0%+12.93pp
  • 1998-8.9%-13.94pp
  • 19975.0%+1.63pp
  • 19963.4%-0.57pp
  • 19954.0%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Estée Lauder Companies's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Estée Lauder Companies (EL)

According to Estée Lauder Companies's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 8.7%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual free cash flow margin for Estée Lauder Companies (EL) came in at 4.69% – contracted 4.5 percentage points year-over-year.

18.46% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2021, against a low of -9.79% during 2023.

Estée Lauder Companies FCF Margin by Year

Estée Lauder Companies FCF Margin 2025: 4.7%

In 2025, Estée Lauder Companies reported free cash flow margin of 4.69%, contracted 4.5 percentage points from 2024.

Estée Lauder Companies FCF Margin 2024: 9.2%

Estée Lauder Companies free cash flow margin in 2024 was 9.23%, expanded 19.0 percentage points from 2023.

Estée Lauder Companies FCF Margin 2023: -9.8%

2023's free cash flow margin for Estée Lauder Companies came in at -9.79%, contracted 21.1 percentage points from 2022. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.

Estée Lauder Companies FCF Margin 2022: 11.3%

Estée Lauder Companies posted free cash flow margin of 11.28% in 2022, contracted 7.2 percentage points from 2021.

Estée Lauder Companies FCF Margin 2021: 18.5%

Estée Lauder Companies free cash flow margin in 2021 was 18.46%.

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