Dividends

ELThe Estee Lauder Companies

StockNYSEUnited StatesConsumer staplesEU retail investors: available

+2.8% today · +30.8% over a year

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Stability: among the weakest; priced higher than most peers (P/E 112.6). Dividend yield 1.24%.

The Estee Lauder Companies (EL) dividends: trailing yield 1.24%, next ex-dividend date 30 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 42/100.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.24%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.24%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$1.40
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
42 / 100
Borderline

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.24% → 1.02%
Forward
1.24% → 1.02%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.02%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
30 Nov 2026
Payment date
15 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$0.35
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
−8.0%
Years without a lower dividend
0
Years without a cut of over 10 %
1
Payout ratio (earnings)
140%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
33%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Caution. Dividends grew 5+ points a year faster than earnings over five years and the payout is above 75 %. More in the glossary →Dividends grew 5+ points a year faster than earnings over five years and the payout is above 75 %.

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.34, 2017 $1.40, 2018 $1.57, 2019 $1.77, 2020 $1.49, 2021 $2.19, 2022 $2.46, 2023 $2.97, 2024 $2.33, 2025 $1.402016: $0.342017: $1.402018: $1.572019: $1.772020: $1.492021: $2.192022: $2.462023: $2.972024: $2.332025: $1.40

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
30 Nov 202615 Dec 2026$0.35RegularAnnounced1
31 Aug 202616 Sep 2026$0.35RegularVerified2
29 May 202616 Jun 2026$0.35RegularVerified2
27 Feb 202617 Mar 2026$0.35RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

Similar dividend payers

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A high yield is not a high return: payouts can come from your own capital and can be cut. Dividend calculator →