---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001001250-24-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EL"
cik: "0001001250"
company_name: "ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:44:05.505400+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Estée Lauder Q3 net sales $3.94B, +6% organic; adj EPS $0.97, above outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $3.94B (+5% reported, +6% organic); diluted EPS $0.91 reported, $0.97 adjusted vs $0.47 prior-year adjusted.
- Skin Care organic sales +9%, led by La Mer and Estée Lauder; Asia travel retail returned to growth.
- Full-year organic net sales outlook lowered but adjusted EPS range tightened; Q4 organic growth expected 6-10%.
- Profit Recovery Plan on track to deliver $1.1-$1.4B incremental operating profit in FY25-26.
- YTD cash from operations $1.47B, up from $1.02B prior year; inventory progress noted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001001250-24-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EL
- cik: 0001001250
- company_name: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125024000047/0001001250-24-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125024000047/el-20240501.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-24-000047.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC reported fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $3.94 billion, net income $330 million, EPS $.91.
  - Period: fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $3.94 billion
  - Net income: $330 million
  - EPS: $.91
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) today reported net sales of $3.94 billion for its third quarter ended March 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125024000047/0001001250-24-000047-index.htm

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