📊 Estée Lauder just delivered a BEAT & RAISE
$EL posted adj. EPS of $0.72 vs $0.51 expected (vs $0.32 a year ago) on revenue of $3.72B (+7% YoY), ahead of the ~$3.64B consensus. Management lifted its FY27 EPS guide to $3.20–$3.45 and now sees 4–5.5% organic sales growth. Shares +2.4% pre-market.
🟢 Bull case: Margins are snapping back (adj. op margin 12.1% vs 7.3%), luxury fragrance demand is holding into the holidays, and the turnaround finally shows up in the numbers.
🔴 Bear case: The raise is modest, management flags geopolitical and macro uncertainty, and one strong quarter after years of declines doesn't prove the recovery.
Is this the start of a real beauty-sector comeback, or just a relief rally? 👇
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