The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. logo EL - The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 19
HOLD 22
SELL 4
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $103.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $120.00
LOW: $86.00
MEDIAN: $103.00
CONSENSUS: $103.00
DOWNSIDE: 0.53%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 138.3% above fair value
Current Price $103.55
Bear Case $35.78 65.4% downside ($35.78 - $103.55) / $103.55 = -65.4% $2.56 × 14x P/E
Fair Value $43.45 58.0% downside ($43.45 - $103.55) / $103.55 = -58.0% $2.56 × 17x P/E
Bull Case $51.12 50.6% downside ($51.12 - $103.55) / $103.55 = -50.6% $2.56 × 20x P/E

Adjust Assumptions

17.0x
2.56$

Key Value Driver

Normalized P/E multiple (17x base case)

Implied Market Multiple 40.5x

Plain-Language Summary

Applying a 17x P/E to adjusted EPS of $2.56, the base-case value is $43.45 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (46 analysts) $103.00
Analyst Range $86.00 – $120.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 58%

Warnings

The company's reported profits differ from official accounting profits by 411%. Check what costs are being left out of the adjusted number.
The company pays out 280% of its profits as dividends. That leaves little cushion — the dividend could be cut if business slows down.
Wall Street's average price target is $103.00 (from 46 analysts). Our estimate is 58% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Growth DCF inappropriate — terminal value assumptions dominate
  • EV/EBITDA misleading for regulated businesses where capex is mandated
  • Regulatory risk is a fat tail not visible in normal multiples