ELEstée Lauder Companies

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EL and 9 peers, year by year

The 9 Consumer staples companies closest to EL in revenue over the last twelve months. Every number is from the 10-K and links to it in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer.

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Each company's latest fiscal year
Company	Year	Revenue	Sales growth	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	FCF margin	Return on equity	Debt / equity
EL Estée Lauder Companies	FY2026	$15.0B	+5.0%	75.5%	5.2%	1.2%	8.7%	4.8%	1.92
KVUE Kenvue	FY2025	$15.1B	−2.1%	58.1%	16.0%	9.7%	11.4%	13.7%	0.79
KMB Kimberly-Clark	FY2025	$16.4B	−2.1%	36.0%	14.3%	12.3%	10.0%	134.6%	4.77
GIS General Mills	FY2026	$18.4B	−5.4%	-	4.8%	−0.5%	8.8%	−1.2%	1.84
HSY Hershey	FY2025	$11.7B	+4.4%	33.5%	12.3%	7.6%	15.6%	19.0%	1.17
HRL Hormel Foods	FY2025	$12.1B	+1.6%	15.6%	5.9%	4.0%	4.4%	6.1%	0.36
CASY Casey's	FY2026	$17.6B	+10.2%	-	-	4.1%	4.1%	18.1%	0.59
DLTR Dollar Tree	FY2025	$19.4B	+10.4%	36.3%	8.5%	6.6%	5.4%	34.2%	0.65
MNST Monster Beverage	FY2025	$8.3B	+10.7%	55.8%	29.2%	23.0%	23.7%	23.1%	-
CL Colgate-Palmolive	FY2025	$20.4B	+1.4%	60.1%	16.2%	10.5%	17.8%	n/m	n/m

Revenuepeer median $16.4B

Sales growthpeer median +1.6%

Gross marginpeer median 36.3%

Operating marginpeer median 13.3%

Net marginpeer median 7.6%

FCF marginpeer median 10.0%

Return on equitypeer median 18.6%

Debt / equitypeer median 0.79

KMB 4.77
EL 1.92
GIS 1.84
HSY 1.17
KVUE 0.79
DLTR 0.65
CASY 0.59
HRL 0.36
MNST -
CL n/m

RevenueSales growthGross marginOperating marginNet marginFree cash flowFCF marginReturn on equityDebt / equityEPS (diluted)

Revenue, FY2017 to FY2026

Revenue as reported in the 10-K.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	$11.8B	$13.7B	$14.9B	$14.3B	$16.2B	$17.7B	$15.9B	$15.6B	$14.3B	$15.0B
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	$15.1B	$15.4B	$15.5B	$15.1B	-
KMB Dec	$18.3B	$18.5B	$18.4B	$19.1B	$19.4B	$20.2B	$17.1B	$16.8B	$16.4B	-
GIS May	$15.6B	$15.7B	$16.9B	$17.6B	$18.1B	$19.0B	$20.1B	$19.9B	$19.5B	$18.4B
HSY Dec	$7.5B	$7.8B	$8.0B	$8.1B	$9.0B	$10.4B	$11.2B	$11.2B	$11.7B	-
HRL Oct	$9.2B	$9.5B	$9.5B	$9.6B	$11.4B	$12.5B	$12.1B	$11.9B	$12.1B	-
CASY Apr	$7.5B	$8.4B	$9.4B	$9.2B	$8.7B	$13.0B	$15.1B	$14.9B	$15.9B	$17.6B
DLTR Jan	$22.2B	$22.8B	$23.6B	$25.5B	$26.3B	$15.4B	$16.8B	$17.6B	$19.4B	-
MNST Dec	$3.4B	$3.8B	$4.2B	$4.6B	$5.5B	$6.3B	$7.1B	$7.5B	$8.3B	-
CL Dec	$15.5B	$15.5B	$15.7B	$16.5B	$17.4B	$18.0B	$19.5B	$20.1B	$20.4B	-
Peer median	$12.3B	$12.5B	$12.6B	$13.0B	$14.4B	$15.1B	$15.4B	$15.5B	$15.9B	-

Sales growth, FY2017 to FY2026

Revenue against the fiscal year before.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	+5.0%	+15.7%	+8.6%	−3.8%	+13.4%	+9.4%	−10.3%	−1.9%	−8.2%	+5.0%
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	+3.3%	+0.1%	−2.1%	-
KMB Dec	+0.3%	+0.8%	−0.2%	+3.7%	+1.6%	+3.8%	+1.3%	−2.0%	−2.1%	-
GIS May	-	+0.8%	+7.1%	+4.5%	+2.8%	+4.8%	+5.8%	−1.2%	−1.9%	−5.4%
HSY Dec	+1.0%	+3.7%	+2.5%	+2.0%	+10.1%	+16.1%	+7.2%	+0.3%	+4.4%	-
HRL Oct	−3.7%	+4.1%	−0.5%	+1.2%	+18.5%	+9.4%	−2.8%	−1.6%	+1.6%	-
CASY Apr	+5.4%	+11.8%	+11.5%	−1.9%	−5.1%	+48.8%	+16.5%	−1.5%	+7.3%	+10.2%
DLTR Jan	+7.4%	+2.6%	+3.5%	+8.0%	+3.1%	+7.6%	+8.9%	+4.7%	+10.4%	-
MNST Dec	+10.5%	+13.0%	+10.3%	+9.5%	+20.5%	+13.9%	+13.1%	+4.9%	+10.7%	-
CL Dec	+1.7%	+0.6%	+1.0%	+5.0%	+5.8%	+3.1%	+8.3%	+3.3%	+1.4%	-
Peer median	+1.7%	+3.1%	+3.0%	+4.1%	+4.5%	+8.5%	+7.2%	+0.1%	+1.6%	-

Gross margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Gross profit / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	79.4%	79.2%	77.2%	75.2%	76.4%	75.7%	71.3%	71.7%	74.0%	75.5%
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	55.9%	56.0%	58.0%	58.1%	-
KMB Dec	35.9%	30.3%	32.7%	35.6%	30.8%	30.8%	36.6%	37.4%	36.0%	-
GIS May	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
HSY Dec	46.0%	45.9%	45.4%	45.4%	45.1%	43.2%	44.8%	47.3%	33.5%	-
HRL Oct	21.8%	20.7%	19.8%	19.0%	16.9%	17.4%	16.5%	17.0%	15.6%	-
CASY Apr	22.4%	21.1%	20.9%	23.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
DLTR Jan	31.6%	30.4%	29.8%	30.5%	29.4%	37.5%	35.8%	35.7%	36.3%	-
MNST Dec	63.5%	60.3%	60.0%	59.2%	56.1%	50.3%	53.1%	54.0%	55.8%	-
CL Dec	60.0%	59.4%	59.4%	60.8%	59.6%	57.0%	58.2%	60.5%	60.1%	-
Peer median	35.9%	30.4%	32.7%	35.6%	38.0%	43.2%	44.8%	47.3%	36.3%	-

Operating margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Operating income / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	14.4%	15.0%	15.6%	4.2%	16.1%	17.9%	9.5%	6.2%	−5.5%	5.2%
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	19.4%	16.3%	11.9%	16.0%	-
KMB Dec	18.3%	12.1%	16.2%	16.9%	13.2%	13.3%	11.2%	16.1%	14.3%	-
GIS May	16.0%	15.4%	14.9%	16.8%	17.3%	18.3%	17.1%	17.3%	17.0%	4.8%
HSY Dec	17.5%	20.8%	20.0%	21.9%	22.8%	21.7%	22.9%	25.9%	12.3%	-
HRL Oct	13.9%	12.4%	12.6%	11.5%	9.9%	10.5%	8.9%	9.0%	5.9%	-
CASY Apr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DLTR Jan	9.0%	−4.1%	5.3%	7.4%	6.9%	13.6%	10.6%	8.3%	8.5%	-
MNST Dec	35.6%	33.7%	33.4%	35.5%	32.4%	25.1%	27.4%	25.8%	29.2%	-
CL Dec	24.0%	23.8%	22.6%	23.6%	19.1%	16.1%	20.5%	21.2%	16.2%	-
Peer median	17.5%	15.4%	16.2%	16.9%	17.3%	17.2%	16.7%	16.7%	15.1%	-

Net margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Net income / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	10.6%	8.1%	12.0%	4.8%	17.7%	13.5%	6.3%	2.5%	−7.9%	1.2%
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	13.8%	10.8%	6.7%	9.7%	-
KMB Dec	12.4%	7.6%	11.7%	12.3%	9.3%	9.6%	10.3%	15.1%	12.3%	-
GIS May	10.6%	13.5%	10.4%	12.4%	12.9%	14.3%	12.9%	12.6%	11.8%	−0.5%
HSY Dec	10.4%	15.1%	14.4%	15.7%	16.5%	15.8%	16.7%	19.8%	7.6%	-
HRL Oct	9.2%	10.6%	10.3%	9.5%	8.0%	8.0%	6.6%	6.8%	4.0%	-
CASY Apr	2.4%	3.8%	2.2%	2.9%	3.6%	2.6%	3.0%	3.4%	3.4%	4.1%
DLTR Jan	7.7%	−7.0%	3.5%	5.3%	5.0%	10.5%	−5.9%	−17.2%	6.6%	-
MNST Dec	24.4%	26.1%	26.4%	30.7%	24.9%	18.9%	22.8%	20.1%	23.0%	-
CL Dec	13.1%	15.4%	15.1%	16.4%	12.4%	9.9%	11.8%	14.4%	10.5%	-
Peer median	10.5%	12.1%	11.0%	12.3%	10.9%	10.5%	10.8%	12.6%	9.7%	-

Free cash flow, FY2017 to FY2026

Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	$1.3B	$1.9B	$1.8B	$1.7B	$3.0B	$2.0B	$728.0M	$1.4B	$670.0M	$1.3B
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	$39.0M	$2.7B	$1.3B	$1.7B	-
KMB Dec	$2.1B	$2.1B	$1.5B	$2.5B	$1.7B	$1.9B	$2.8B	$2.5B	$1.6B	-
GIS May	$1.7B	$2.2B	$2.3B	$3.2B	$2.5B	$2.7B	$2.1B	$2.5B	$2.3B	$1.6B
HSY Dec	$991.8M	$1.3B	$1.4B	$1.3B	$1.6B	$1.8B	$1.6B	$1.9B	$1.8B	-
HRL Oct	$812.6M	$852.1M	$629.2M	$760.5M	$769.5M	$856.1M	$777.6M	$1.0B	$534.3M	-
CASY Apr	$25.9M	−$157.6M	$135.9M	$65.3M	$362.8M	$462.3M	$405.4M	$370.9M	$584.6M	$721.6M
DLTR Jan	$878.0M	$948.9M	$835.0M	$1.8B	$410.3M	$975.8M	$1.5B	$892.8M	$1.1B	-
MNST Dec	$904.3M	$1.1B	$1.0B	$1.3B	$1.1B	$699.0M	$1.5B	$1.7B	$2.0B	-
CL Dec	$2.5B	$2.6B	$2.8B	$3.3B	$2.8B	$1.9B	$3.0B	$3.5B	$3.6B	-
Peer median	$948.1M	$1.2B	$1.2B	$1.6B	$1.3B	$975.8M	$1.6B	$1.7B	$1.7B	-

FCF margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Free cash flow / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	10.9%	14.1%	11.9%	11.6%	18.5%	11.3%	4.6%	9.2%	4.7%	8.7%
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	0.3%	17.5%	8.6%	11.4%	-
KMB Dec	11.7%	11.3%	8.3%	13.1%	8.9%	9.2%	16.2%	15.0%	10.0%	-
GIS May	11.1%	14.1%	13.5%	18.2%	13.5%	14.5%	10.4%	12.7%	11.8%	8.8%
HSY Dec	13.2%	16.3%	18.1%	15.4%	17.7%	17.4%	13.9%	17.2%	15.6%	-
HRL Oct	8.9%	8.9%	6.6%	7.9%	6.8%	6.9%	6.4%	8.5%	4.4%	-
CASY Apr	0.3%	−1.9%	1.5%	0.7%	4.2%	3.6%	2.7%	2.5%	3.7%	4.1%
DLTR Jan	3.9%	4.2%	3.5%	7.1%	1.6%	6.3%	8.9%	5.1%	5.4%	-
MNST Dec	26.8%	28.9%	24.1%	28.6%	20.1%	11.1%	21.0%	22.2%	23.7%	-
CL Dec	16.2%	16.9%	17.8%	20.1%	15.8%	10.4%	15.6%	17.6%	17.8%	-
Peer median	11.4%	12.7%	10.9%	14.3%	11.2%	9.2%	13.9%	12.7%	11.4%	-

Return on equity, FY2017 to FY2026

Net income / shareholders' equity at the year end.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	28.5%	23.6%	40.7%	17.4%	47.4%	42.8%	18.0%	7.3%	−29.3%	4.8%
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	10.1%	14.8%	10.7%	13.7%	-
KMB Dec	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	192.8%	n/m	134.6%	-
GIS May	38.3%	34.7%	24.8%	27.1%	24.7%	25.7%	24.8%	26.6%	24.9%	−1.2%
HSY Dec	85.5%	84.2%	66.1%	57.2%	53.6%	49.8%	45.4%	47.1%	19.0%	-
HRL Oct	17.2%	18.1%	16.5%	14.1%	13.0%	13.3%	10.3%	10.1%	6.1%	-
CASY Apr	14.9%	25.0%	14.5%	16.1%	16.2%	15.2%	16.8%	16.6%	15.6%	18.1%
DLTR Jan	23.9%	−28.2%	13.2%	18.4%	17.2%	18.5%	−13.7%	−76.2%	34.2%	-
MNST Dec	21.1%	27.5%	26.6%	27.3%	21.0%	17.0%	19.8%	25.3%	23.1%	-
CL Dec	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	-
Peer median	22.5%	26.3%	20.7%	22.7%	19.1%	17.0%	18.3%	16.6%	21.1%	-

Debt / equity, FY2017 to FY2026

Total debt / shareholders' equity at the year end.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	0.81	0.76	0.78	1.56	0.92	0.97	1.45	1.46	1.89	1.92
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.74	0.89	0.79	-
KMB Dec	8.42	n/m	n/m	13.36	16.68	15.40	8.69	8.83	4.77	-
GIS May	2.19	2.58	2.05	1.68	1.33	1.10	1.12	1.38	1.62	1.84
HSY Dec	3.19	3.19	2.45	2.06	1.82	1.45	1.17	1.08	1.17	-
HRL Oct	0.05	0.11	0.04	0.20	0.48	0.44	0.43	0.36	0.36	-
CASY Apr	0.78	1.03	0.92	0.77	0.70	0.72	0.59	0.51	0.69	0.59
DLTR Jan	0.80	0.76	0.60	0.44	0.44	0.39	0.47	0.86	0.65	-
MNST Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00	0.06	-	-
CL Dec	n/m	n/m	n/m	9.88	11.83	n/m	13.53	n/m	n/m	-
Peer median	1.49	1.03	0.92	1.68	1.33	0.91	0.74	0.88	0.79	-

EPS (diluted), FY2017 to FY2026

Diluted earnings per share, on today's share count after splits.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
EL Jun	$3.35	$2.95	$4.82	$1.86	$7.79	$6.55	$2.79	$1.08	−$3.15	$0.50
KVUE Dec	-	-	-	-	-	$1.21	$0.90	$0.54	$0.76	-
KMB Dec	$6.40	$4.03	$6.24	$6.87	$5.35	$5.72	$5.21	$7.55	$6.07	-
GIS May	$2.77	$3.64	$2.90	$3.56	$3.78	$4.42	$4.31	$4.31	$4.10	−$0.16
HSY Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
HRL Oct	$1.57	$1.86	$1.80	$1.66	$1.66	$1.82	$1.45	$1.47	$0.87	-
CASY Apr	$4.48	$8.34	$5.51	$7.10	$8.38	$9.10	$11.91	$13.43	$14.64	$19.16
DLTR Jan	$7.21	−$6.69	$3.47	$5.65	$5.80	$7.21	−$4.54	−$14.03	$6.22	-
MNST Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CL Dec	$2.28	$2.75	$2.75	$3.14	$2.55	$2.13	$2.77	$3.51	$2.63	-
Peer median	$3.62	$3.20	$3.19	$4.61	$4.56	$4.42	$2.77	$3.51	$4.10	-

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