ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 74.0 % and a net margin of -7.9 %.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 74.0 % and a net margin of -7.9 %. The same year shows an EBITDA margin of 0.3 % and an EBIT margin of -5.5 %. The free cash flow margin was 4.7 %. Against the previous year the gross margin moved +2.3 pp and the net margin −10.5 pp. Across the period the gross margin ranges between 71.3 % in 2023 and 80.6 % in 2016. The series covers 17 fiscal years, from 2009 to 2025. Margins are expressed as a percentage of net revenue and are derived from the same figures as the income statement, taken from as-reported SEC EDGAR filings, with no restatements or adjustments of our own.
Fiscal year end: June
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin (%) | 74.31 % | 76.53 % | 78.01 % | 79.45 % | 80.10 % | 80.32 % | 80.52 % | 80.63 % | 79.41 % | 79.22 % | 77.21 % | 75.15 % | 76.36 % | 75.73 % | 71.31 % | 71.66 % | 73.97 % |
| EBITDA margin (%) | 9.18 % | 13.51 % | 15.71 % | 16.55 % | 18.30 % | 20.17 % | 18.69 % | 17.98 % | 18.34 % | 18.90 % | 19.31 % | 8.51 % | 20.16 % | 21.97 % | 14.16 % | 11.50 % | 0.31 % |
| EBIT margin (%) | 5.71 % | 10.13 % | 12.37 % | 13.50 % | 14.99 % | 16.66 % | 14.90 % | 14.30 % | 14.41 % | 15.02 % | 15.56 % | 4.24 % | 16.15 % | 17.87 % | 9.48 % | 6.21 % | -5.48 % |
| Net margin (%) | 2.98 % | 6.14 % | 7.95 % | 8.82 % | 10.02 % | 10.98 % | 10.10 % | 9.90 % | 10.56 % | 8.10 % | 12.01 % | 4.79 % | 17.66 % | 13.54 % | 6.35 % | 2.62 % | -7.91 % |
| FCF margin (%) | 5.68 % | 8.80 % | 7.67 % | 7.27 % | 7.52 % | 9.34 % | 13.64 % | 11.22 % | 10.88 % | 14.13 % | 11.93 % | 11.59 % | 18.46 % | 11.28 % | 4.58 % | 9.23 % | 4.68 % |
