Estée Lauder (NYSE: EL) is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, United States that owns 13 consumer brands, and has 3 recorded transactions.[1][2]
The Estée Lauder Companies was founded in New York in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder. It sells prestige beauty through department stores, travel retail and specialty channels, and the Lauder family retains voting control.
Read from Estée Lauder's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
The skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care product categories are the Company's operating segments.
After having acquired a majority interest in 1994, we completed our acquisition of M A C in 1998.
Acquired in 1995, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics is a global prestige beauty brand known for its high quality and undertone-correct makeup and skin care products that celebrate individual beauty and confidence.
Acquired in 1995, La Mer is a leading global luxury skin care brand that is available in limited distribution worldwide.
Acquired in 1997, Aveda sells high-performance, naturally-derived hair care products, as well as skin care.
Acquired in 1999, Jo Malone London is synonymous with a distinctly British character that delights in the unexpected, with timeless, carefully-crafted scents designed for discovery.
Acquired in 2003, Darphin is a Paris-based, prestige skin care brand known for its high-performance morphological skin science.
In fiscal 2023, we acquired the TOM FORD brand and related intellectual property.
Acquired in 2010, Smashbox Cosmetics is a Los Angeles-based, photo studio-inspired makeup brand with high performance products created for our consumers' everyday life in the spotlight.
Acquired in 2014, Le Labo was born in Grasse, the capital of perfumery in the South of France, and raised in New York City.
Acquired in 2015, Les Editions de Parfums Fr d ric Malle is a collection of exclusive, sophisticated, ultraluxury fragrances crafted by some of the world's most talented perfumers and published by the brand.
Acquired in 2015, GLAMGLOW started as a behind-the-scenes Hollywood secret to instant glow.
Acquired in 2016, KILIAN PARIS is a prestige fragrance brand that embodies audacious luxury and timeless festive sophistication.
Headline figures from Estée Lauder's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2021–2026. Revenue moved from $16.2bn to $15bn, an average of -1.5% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15bn | $780m | 5.2% | — | $19.8bn | — | 10-K | |
| $14.3bn | $-785,000,000 | -5.5% | — | $19.9bn | — | 10-K | |
| $15.6bn | $970m | 6.2% | — | $21.7bn | — | 10-K | |
| $15.9bn | $1.51bn | 9.5% | — | $23.4bn | — | 10-K | |
| $17.7bn | $3.17bn | 17.9% | — | $20.9bn | — | 10-K | |
| $16.2bn | $2.62bn | 16.1% | — | $22bn | — | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Estée Lauder acquired the Tom Ford brand for about $2.8 billion, its largest acquisition, and immediately licensed the fashion and accessories business to Zegna while keeping beauty for itself. The trademark and the clothes therefore have different companies behind them.
Estee Lauder raised its stake in DECIEM, the parent of The Ordinary, to a controlling position in a transaction valuing the business at about $2.2 billion. The Ordinary had built its following by naming active ingredients and their concentrations on the front of the pack at prices far below prestige skincare.
Estee Lauder acquired Too Faced for $1.45 billion, then its largest purchase. Too Faced had been founded by two makeup artists in 1998 and built on playful packaging and product names, with its Better Than Sex mascara among the largest sellers in prestige cosmetics.
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The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Results of a shareholder vote; Other events | |
| 8-K | Unregistered sales of equity securities; Other events | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Regulation FD disclosure |
Estée Lauder owns 13 consumer brands tracked here, including Estée Lauder, AERIN, Darphin, Origins, Clinique and The Ordinary.
Yes. Estée Lauder is headquartered in New York, United States and was founded in 1946.
Estée Lauder is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as EL on the NYSE.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Tom Ford Fashion on 28 April 2023.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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