Estée Lauder Companies Inc (EL) FY2026 Annual Statement of Cash Flows

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Statement of Cash Flows

2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30

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Estée Lauder Companies Inc cash flow reconciliation, Jul 1, 2025 through Jun 30, 2026One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net earnings (loss) → Net cash from operating activities: $182,000,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $796,000,000.00Increase (decrease) in other accrued and noncurrent liabilities → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $483,000,000.00Non-cash stock-based compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $310,000,000.00Increase (decrease) in accounts payable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $83,000,000.00Pension and post-retirement benefit expense → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $82,000,000.00Non-cash restructuring and other charges → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $57,000,000.00Decrease in inventory and promotional merchandise → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $51,000,000.00Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $26,000,000.00Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable, net → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $8,000,000.00Other adjustments and non-cash items → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $6,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $1,591,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Deferred income taxes: $164,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Pension and post-retirement benefit contributions: $112,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Decrease in operating lease assets and liabilities, net: $27,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → (Increase) decrease in other assets, net: $8,000,000.00Proceeds from property, plant and equipment insurance recoveries → investing reconciliation: $10,000,000.00Proceeds from disposition of investments → investing reconciliation: $3,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Capital expenditures: $457,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of investments: $35,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Settlement of net investment hedges: $5,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Payment for acquired business: $5,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $712,000,000.00Settlement of cross-currency swaps → financing reconciliation: $116,000,000.00Net proceeds from stock-based compensation transactions → financing reconciliation: $53,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Dividends paid to stockholders: $508,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Payment of deferred consideration: $300,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Payments to acquire treasury stock: $70,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repayments of long-term debt: $3,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $489,000,000.00Exchange-rate effect → Cash sources and uses: $5,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $2,921,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $1,773,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $3,498,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $489,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $712,000,000.00Other adjustments and non-cash items: $6,000,000.00Other non-cash items+$6.00 MDecrease in inventory and promotional merchandise: $51,000,000.00Inventories+$51.00 MNon-cash restructuring and other charges: $57,000,000.00Restructuring charges+$57.00 MDepreciation and amortization: $796,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$796.00 MImpairment of goodwill and other intangible assets: $0.00Increase (decrease) in accounts payable: $83,000,000.00Trade payables+$83.00 MPension and post-retirement benefit contributions: -$112,000,000.00Pension & retiree contributions−$112.00 MNet earnings (loss): $182,000,000.00Net earnings (loss)+$182.00 MNet loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment: $26,000,000.00PP&E disposal gain & loss+$26.00 MIncrease (decrease) in other accrued and noncurrent liabilities: $483,000,000.00Other operating liabilities+$483.00 MDecrease in operating lease assets and liabilities, net: -$27,000,000.00Lease asset & liability, net−$27.00 MDeferred income taxes: -$164,000,000.00Deferred income taxes−$164.00 MNon-cash stock-based compensation: $310,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$310.00 MPension and post-retirement benefit expense: $82,000,000.00Pension & postretirement expense+$82.00 M(Increase) decrease in other assets, net: -$8,000,000.00Other operating assets−$8.00 MDecrease (increase) in accounts receivable, net: $8,000,000.00Accounts receivable+$8.00 MNet cash from operating activities: $1,773,000,000.00Operating cash+$1.77 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $1,902,000,000.00Debt issuance costs: $0.00Repayments of current debt, net: $0.00Repayments of long-term debt: -$3,000,000.00Repayments of long-term debt−$3.00 MPayment for acquisition of noncontrolling interest: $0.00Payment for acquisition of redeemable noncontrolling interest: $0.00Repayments of commercial paper (maturities after three months): $0.00Net proceeds from stock-based compensation transactions: $53,000,000.00Stock option exercises+$53.00 MProceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net: $0.00Dividends paid to stockholders: -$508,000,000.00Common dividends paid−$508.00 MSettlement of cross-currency swaps: $116,000,000.00Financing derivative proceeds+$116.00 MPayments to acquire treasury stock: -$70,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$70.00 MPayment of deferred consideration: -$300,000,000.00Contingent consideration paid−$300.00 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$712,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$712.00 Mfinancing reconciliation: $881,000,000.00Capital expenditures: -$457,000,000.00PP&E purchases−$457.00 MProceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment: $0.00Proceeds from property, plant and equipment insurance recoveries: $10,000,000.00Insurance proceeds+$10.00 MPurchases of investments: -$35,000,000.00Investment purchases−$35.00 MSettlement of net investment hedges: -$5,000,000.00Investing hedges, net−$5.00 MPayment for acquired business: -$5,000,000.00Acquisitions, net of cash−$5.00 MProceeds from disposition of investments: $3,000,000.00Investment sales & maturities+$3.00 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$489,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$489.00 Minvesting reconciliation: $502,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $4,699,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,921,000,000.00Beginning cash$2.92 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $3,498,000,000.00Ending cash$3.50 BExchange-rate effect: $5,000,000.00FX effect+$5.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$1.32 BOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income9.74×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$577.00 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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Estée Lauder Companies Inc cash flow reconciliation, Jul 1, 2025 through Jun 30, 2026

Cash flows for Jul 1, 2025 through Jun 30, 2026. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Jun 30, 2025. Ending cash: Jun 30, 2026. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Jun 30, 2025
2,921,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
1,773,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Other adjustments and non-cash items
6,000,000 US dollars
Decrease in inventory and promotional merchandise
51,000,000 US dollars
Non-cash restructuring and other charges
57,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
796,000,000 US dollars
Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets
0 US dollars
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
83,000,000 US dollars
Pension and post-retirement benefit contributions
negative 112,000,000 US dollars
Net earnings (loss)
182,000,000 US dollars
Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
26,000,000 US dollars
Increase (decrease) in other accrued and noncurrent liabilities
483,000,000 US dollars
Decrease in operating lease assets and liabilities, net
negative 27,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
negative 164,000,000 US dollars
Non-cash stock-based compensation
310,000,000 US dollars
Pension and post-retirement benefit expense
82,000,000 US dollars
(Increase) decrease in other assets, net
negative 8,000,000 US dollars
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable, net
8,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 489,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Capital expenditures
negative 457,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
0 US dollars
Proceeds from property, plant and equipment insurance recoveries
10,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of investments
negative 35,000,000 US dollars
Settlement of net investment hedges
negative 5,000,000 US dollars
Payment for acquired business
negative 5,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from disposition of investments
3,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 712,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Debt issuance costs
0 US dollars
Repayments of current debt, net
0 US dollars
Repayments of long-term debt
negative 3,000,000 US dollars
Payment for acquisition of noncontrolling interest
0 US dollars
Payment for acquisition of redeemable noncontrolling interest
0 US dollars
Repayments of commercial paper (maturities after three months)
0 US dollars
Net proceeds from stock-based compensation transactions
53,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net
0 US dollars
Dividends paid to stockholders
negative 508,000,000 US dollars
Settlement of cross-currency swaps
116,000,000 US dollars
Payments to acquire treasury stock
negative 70,000,000 US dollars
Payment of deferred consideration
negative 300,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
1,902,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
881,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
502,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
5,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Jun 30, 2026
3,498,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
4,699,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
577,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
9.74×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
1,773,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
457,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
1,316,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $1.59B after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 1,773,000,000 US dollars minus 457,000,000 US dollars equals 1,316,000,000 US dollars.
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