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Data last updated: Aug 03, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 03, 2026): The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) pays a $1.40 annual dividend ($0.35 quarterly), yielding 1.67% at $83.90/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-05-29. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.67%
Annual Dividend: $1.40 per share
Payout Ratio: -204.4%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-05-29
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Years of Dividend History: 31
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. dividend comes from one of the world's largest premium beauty businesses, with brands like La Mer, Clinique, and M·A·C sold across department stores, luxury retailers, and its own e-commerce platforms. The current yield is 1.67%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $1.40 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is May 29, 2026. At a beta of 1.261, EL stock carries above-average price volatility, which matters more to income investors focused on total return than to those holding purely for the dividend.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. pays out -204.4% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%) — though the negative figure reflects a period of reported losses rather than a structurally low payout. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. dividend safety is therefore harder to assess from the payout ratio alone, since the ratio is distorted by negative earnings rather than by an overextended dividend. The most significant data-supported pressure point is that consecutive dividend increases currently stand at zero, meaning the growth streak has already been broken.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.4% per year from 1997 to 2024. Per-share payments grew from $0.34 to $2.33 over that window (2025 and 2026 are partial years and excluded from the CAGR). The largest annual increase in the window was 322.9% in 2013, though the data also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, and the annual dividend fell from $2.64 in 2023 to $2.33 in 2024.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -17.1% | $2.46 (2022) | $1.40 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -1.2% | $1.49 (2020) | $1.40 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +3.2% | $1.02 (2015) | $1.40 (2025) |
EL stock fits dividend investors who prioritize a long payment history over near-term income growth. The yield sits at 1.67%, which is low (below 2%) and well below the 5-year average of 2.63%, meaning buyers today are accepting less income than the stock has historically offered. The dividend growth streak currently stands at zero consecutive increases, so the 7.4% long-run CAGR does not describe recent momentum. What an investor gets is exposure to a global premium beauty business with 31 years of dividend history. The trade-off is a below-average yield, a broken growth streak, and a beta above 1.2 that adds price risk.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | $0.3500 |
| 2026-02-27 | $0.3500 |
| 2025-11-28 | $0.3500 |
| 2025-09-02 | $0.3500 |
| 2025-05-30 | $0.3500 |
| 2025-02-28 | $0.3500 |
| 2024-11-29 | $0.3500 |
| 2024-08-30 | $0.6600 |
| 2024-05-31 | $0.6600 |
| 2024-02-28 | $0.6600 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.7000 |
| 2025 | $1.4000 |
| 2024 | $2.3300 |
| 2023 | $2.6400 |
| 2022 | $2.4600 |
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