The Estée Lauder Companies (EL) Receives a Hold from Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo analyst Christopher Carey maintained a Hold rating on The Estée Lauder Companies yesterday and set a price target of $105.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $96.66.

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According to TipRanks, Carey is a 2-star analyst with an average return of 0.6% and a 46.92% success rate. Carey covers the Consumer Defensive sector, focusing on stocks such as Church & Dwight, Conagra Brands, and General Mills.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for The Estée Lauder Companies with a $114.88 average price target, implying a 18.85% upside from current levels. In a report released yesterday, TipRanks – xAI also reiterated a Hold rating on the stock with a $122.00 price target.

Based on The Estée Lauder Companies’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending September 30, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $3.48 billion and a net profit of $47 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $3.36 billion and had a GAAP net loss of $156 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 32 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of EL in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in December 2025, Jane Lauder, a Director at EL sold 17,840.00 shares for a total of $1,683,739.20.