Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Q4 FY2026 earnings: revenue $3.6 billion, up 6.3% on the year
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) reported revenue of $3.6 billion for Q4 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 6.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was -$116 million, and diluted earnings per share $-0.31. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 19 August 2026.
Revenue
$3.6 billion
+6.3% on the year · -2.3% on the quarter
Q1 FY2025Q4 FY2026
Operating margin
-1.1%
-11.4% a year earlier
Q1 FY2025Q4 FY2026
Net income
-$116 million
Q1 FY2025Q4 FY2026
Diluted EPS
-$0.31
Q1 FY2025Q4 FY2026
this quarterthe same quarter a year earlierHover a bar for its figure.
What management said
Guidance figures: 2 raised, 6 new, 2 kept.
Full-year sales grew and margin rose: Full-year as-reported net sales rose 5% to $15.0 billion and organic net sales rose 3%. Adjusted operating margin expanded 320 basis points to 11.2%.
Fourth quarter growth across all regions: Fourth quarter reported net sales rose 6% to $3.6 billion and organic net sales rose 5%, with growth in every region and in every product category except Hair Care.
Fragrance sales grew double digits: Fragrance net sales rose 10% on double-digit Luxury Brands growth, led by Le Labo, TOM FORD and KILIAN PARIS. Fragrance adjusted operating income rose 27%.
$ million except per share. Read moreFourth quarters are the year less the first three quarters. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.
Cash flow
$ million
Q4 FY2026
Q3 FY2026
Q4 FY2025
On the quarter
On the year
Last 8 quarters
Operating cash flow
576
412
601
+39.8%
-4.2%
Capital expenditure
151
102
207
+48.0%
-27.1%
Free cash flow
425
310
394
+37.1%
+7.9%
Free cash flow margin
11.7%
8.4%
11.6%
Cash from investing
-185
-96.0
-215
Cash from financing
-30.0
-263
-128
Depreciation and amortisation
198
201
210
-1.5%
-5.7%
Share-based compensation
56.0
72.0
49.0
-22.2%
+14.3%
Buybacks
0.0
3.0
0.0
Dividends paid
127
126
126
+0.8%
+0.8%
Dividend per share
n/a
$0.35
n/a
Diluted shares, weighted
365m
365m
361m
-0.2%
+1.1%
Shares outstanding at period end
362m
362m
360m
+0.0%
+0.5%
Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.
Balance sheet
$ million
Q4 FY2026
Q3 FY2026
Q4 FY2025
On the quarter
On the year
Last 8 quarters
Shareholders' equity
3,806
3,993
3,865
-4.7%
-1.5%
Debt
7,306
7,312
7,317
-0.1%
-0.2%
Operating lease liabilities
1,541
1,587
1,744
-2.9%
-11.6%
Finance lease liabilities
25.0
n/a
28.0
-10.7%
Other liabilities
7,084
6,772
6,938
+4.6%
+2.1%
Total liabilities and equity
19,762
19,664
19,892
+0.5%
-0.7%
Fixed assets
2,805
2,845
3,172
-1.4%
-11.6%
Goodwill
2,107
2,116
2,135
-0.4%
-1.3%
Intangible assets
3,579
3,635
3,759
-1.5%
-4.8%
Cash and equivalents
3,498
3,126
2,921
+11.9%
+19.8%
Receivables
1,518
1,746
1,530
-13.1%
-0.8%
Inventory
1,999
1,917
2,074
+4.3%
-3.6%
Other assets
4,256
4,279
4,301
-0.5%
-1.0%
Total assets
19,762
19,664
19,892
+0.5%
-0.7%
Questions
What was Estee Lauder Companies' revenue in Q4 FY2026?
Estee Lauder Companies (EL) reported revenue of $3.6 billion for Q4 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 6.3% on the same quarter a year earlier.
How much did Estee Lauder Companies earn in Q4 FY2026?
Net loss for Q4 FY2026 was $116 million, and the diluted loss per share $0.31.
When did Estee Lauder Companies report Q4 FY2026 results?
Estee Lauder Companies filed its 10-K for the year that ended with the quarter on 19 August 2026; the fourth quarter is the year less the first three.
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing. Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.
10-K for the period ended 30 June 2026, filed 19 August 2026: the filing.