Estee Lauder Companies Inc (EL) Stock AnalysisELEstee Lauder Companies Inc

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. is a manufacturer, marketer and seller of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. Its products are sold in over 150 countries and territories under a number of brand names, including Estee Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M.A.C, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle, GLAMGLOW, Kilian Paris, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, and the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty. It is a license for fragrances, cosmetics and/or related products for AERIN, BALMAIN, and Dr. Andrew Weil. Its skin care products include moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, exfoliators, facial masks, body care, sun care products and others. Its makeup products include foundations, powders, concealers and setting sprays, lipsticks, lip liners and lip glosses, and mascaras, eyeshadows and eyeliners. It operates in the Consumer Non-Cyclicals sector (PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS industry).

Estee Lauder is a good buy right now due to its current price of $104.54, which is below the analyst price target of $117 from Deutsche Bank, suggesting a potential upside of 12%. Additionally, the company's recent positive earnings surprise of 21.88% indicates improving financial performance. However, the main risk is its high forward P/E ratio of 29.76, which suggests that the stock may be overvalued if growth does not materialize as expected.

24 analysts cover EL: 19 rate it Buy, 5 Hold and 0 Sell. The average price target is 106.76.