All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2020-05-18.
From the record
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2020-05-18) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+2.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $12 billion in fiscal 2017 to $15 billion in fiscal 2026, up 2.7% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 19% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.4% a year. 41% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 23 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-30, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 41% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 23 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 5%: 5¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 81%: owes 81¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. earned about 5 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 57 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 81 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 48% of 17 in its family; net margin 1.2%.
From the record
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $15 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 17% by size; a net margin of 1.2% ranks in the bottom 44%; revenue growth of -1.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 16% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 43% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.
From the record
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is De, La Faverie Stephane (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-02-25, 1.7 years (bottom 28% of its family); the 25 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.3 years (top 17%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 25 people in charge now (top 41%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 37% of 17 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $3.5 billion against debt of $7.3 billion leaves -19.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 43% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.7% of revenue (top 44%); a gross margin of 75.5% (top 9%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 50% of 16 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -1.8% a year over the last three filed years against 2.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 34% of its family); the newest year grew 5.1% (top 41%); research spending grew 22.6% a year (top 5%); capital spending grew -23% a year (bottom 9%) (its annual reports). The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 30% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $15 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 10.7% above the $14 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 28% of its family); net income of $182 million against a prior three-year average of $95 million (top 16%); a net margin of 1.2% against 0.4% before (top 47%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made