1-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Estee Lauder?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, cosmetics giant Estee Lauder Companies (NYS: EL) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Estee Lauder's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Estee Lauderfacts
Headquarters (Founded) | New York (1946) |
Market Cap | $22.4 billion |
Industry | Personal products |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $9.4 billion |
Management | CEO Fabrizio Freda (since 2009) |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 28% |
Cash/Debt | $999.1 million / $1.2 billion |
Dividend Yield | 0.9% |
Competitors | Coty |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 28% of the 222 members who have rated Estee Lauder believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, All-Star Loerke, touched on Estee Lauder's seemingly unsustainable valuation:
Decent earnings growth, but the price has gotten out of control, having [nearly doubled] in 2 years. I can't imagine that the number of women wearing cosmetics has also doubled. You can't put lipstick on this pig.
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