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EL vs UL

Side-by-side comparison of Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) and Unilever PLC (UL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both EL and UL operate in Package Goods/Cosmetics (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • UL is the larger of the two at $126.63B, about 4.2x EL ($30.21B).
  • Over the past year, EL is up 21.9% and UL is down 20.4% - EL leads by 42.3 points.
  • EL has been more active in the news (7 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for UL).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceEL+21.95%UL-20.37%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricELUL
Company
Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Unilever PLC
Price
$84.13+0.80%
$56.19-0.93%
Market cap
$30.21B
$126.63B
1M return
-1.39%
-4.32%
1Y return
+21.95%
-20.37%
Industry
Package Goods/Cosmetics
Package Goods/Cosmetics
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1995
2025
News (4w)
7
3
Recent ratings
25
25
EL

Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company offers a range of skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, cleansing devices, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as lipsticks, lip glosses, mascaras, foundations, eyeshadows, nail polishes, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. It also provides fragrance products in various forms comprising eau de parfum sprays and colognes, as well as lotions, powders, creams, candles, and soaps; and hair care products that include shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair color products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. The company offers its products under Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin, Smashbox, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, By Kilian, BECCA, Too Faced, Dr. Jart+, DECIEM, and The Ordinary brands. It also holds license arrangements for Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan New York, DKNY, Michael Kors, and Ermenegildo Zegna brands. The company sells its products through department stores, specialty-multi retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and salons and spas; freestanding stores; its own and authorized retailer websites; third-party online malls; stores in airports; and in-flight and duty-free shops. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

UL

Unilever PLC

Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Beauty & Personal Care segment provides skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and skin cleansing products under the Axe, Clear, Dove, Lifebuoy, Lux, Pond's, Rexona, Signal, Suave, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, and Vaseline brands. The Foods & Refreshment segment offers ice cream, soups, bouillons, seasonings, mayonnaise, ketchups, and tea categories under the Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Brooke Bond, Heart (Wall's), Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, Magnum, The Vegetarian Butcher, and Unilever Food Solutions brands. The Home Care segment provides fabric solutions, and home care and hygiene products under the Cif, Omo, Persil, Domestos, Seventh Generation, and Sunlight brands. Unilever PLC was incorporated in 1894 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.