Is The Estée Lauder Companies financially healthy?
Not really
The Estée Lauder Companies carries heavy debt: it would take 3.5 years of earnings to pay it off.
The numbers behind it
Net debt / EBITDA3.5 years
Cash vs. debt$3.5B vs. $9.2B
Current ratio1.2×Short-term assets for each $1 of bills due within a year
Interest coverage2.5×How many times operating profit covers the interest bill
How we decide
We measure debt in years of earnings (net debt / EBITDA): under 1 is very comfortable, 1 to 3 is manageable, above 3 is heavy. A company that earns less than 3 times its interest bill also counts as weak.
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Data as of Nov 13, 2026.