Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T EL

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-defensive

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
53/100
Moderate

Ranked against 31 peers in Household & Personal Products

About Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company offers skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, eye care, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as foundations, powders, concealers and setting sprays, lipsticks, lip liners and … Full EL analysis →

Key strengths

  • Scale Supporting Profitability Profitability at scale is strong (score 0.79), demonstrating competitive advantages.
  • Operating Expense Control OpEx growth is controlled (score 0.62), demonstrating operating leverage.

Key risks

  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.38), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where EL ranks in Household & Personal Products

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T ranks #14 of 32 scored companies in Household & Personal Products by moat score — the top 44%. The widest moat in the group is Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
10 Acme ACU 65/100 Moderate
11 Clorox Company (The) CLX 61/100 Moderate
12 Raytech Holding Limited RAY 57/100 Moderate
13 e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. ELF 55/100 Moderate
14 Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T EL 53/100 Moderate
15 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. NUS 52/100 Moderate
16 Hims & Hers Health, Inc. HIMS 52/100 Moderate
17 Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. SPB 50/100 Developing
18 Edgewell Personal Care Company EPC 47/100 Developing

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How EL scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 62 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 44 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 63 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 41 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 51 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 57 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding EL's moat

What is Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T's moat score?

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T (EL) scores 53 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #14 of 32 scored companies in Household & Personal Products, the top 44%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 31 companies in Household & Personal Products. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (63/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (41/100).

How does Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T compare with other Household & Personal Products companies?

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T ranks #14 of 32 scored companies in Household & Personal Products by moat score. The widest moat in Household & Personal Products is Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (ELF) at 55 just above it and Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NUS) at 52 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 31 companies in Household & Personal Products. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and EL scores: Pricing Power (62), Cost Advantage (44), Customer Stickiness (63), Capital Efficiency (41), Resilience (51), Scale & Market Position (57). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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