Estée Lauder Companies Inc (EL) FY2026 Q1 Statement of Cash Flows

Statement of Cash Flows

2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30

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Estée Lauder Companies Inc cash flow reconciliation, Jul 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2025One 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.Proceeds from the disposition of investments → investing reconciliation: $3,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Capital expenditures: $96,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Settlement of net investment hedges: $23,000,000.00Net proceeds from stock-based compensation transactions → financing reconciliation: $39,000,000.00Settlement of cross-currency swaps → financing reconciliation: $9,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Payment of deferred consideration: $150,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Dividends paid to stockholders: $127,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Payments to acquire treasury stock: $9,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repayments of long-term debt: $1,000,000.00Net cash used in operating activities → operating reconciliation: $340,000,000.00Net earnings (loss) → operating reconciliation: $47,000,000.00Depreciation and amortization → operating reconciliation: $200,000,000.00Non-cash stock-based compensation → operating reconciliation: $88,000,000.00Pension and post-retirement benefit expense → operating reconciliation: $21,000,000.00Increase (decrease) in operating lease assets and liabilities, net → operating reconciliation: $11,000,000.00Decrease (increase) in inventory and promotional merchandise → operating reconciliation: $6,000,000.00Non-cash restructuring and other charges → operating reconciliation: $3,000,000.00operating reconciliation → Increase in accounts receivable, net: $358,000,000.00operating reconciliation → Decrease in accounts payable: $204,000,000.00operating reconciliation → Decrease in other accrued and noncurrent liabilities: $79,000,000.00operating reconciliation → Deferred income taxes: $34,000,000.00operating reconciliation → Pension and post-retirement benefit contributions: $28,000,000.00operating reconciliation → Increase in other assets, net: $11,000,000.00operating reconciliation → Other adjustments and non-cash items: $2,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $239,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $116,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $2,921,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Exchange-rate effect: $7,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,219,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $116,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $239,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in operating activities: $340,000,000.00Net earnings (loss): $47,000,000.00Net earnings (loss)+$47.00 MDepreciation and amortization: $200,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$200.00 MDeferred income taxes: -$34,000,000.00Deferred income taxes−$34.00 MNon-cash stock-based compensation: $88,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$88.00 MNet loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment: $0.00Pension and post-retirement benefit expense: $21,000,000.00Pension & postretirement expense+$21.00 MPension and post-retirement benefit contributions: -$28,000,000.00Pension & retiree contributions−$28.00 MOther adjustments and non-cash items: -$2,000,000.00Other non-cash items−$2.00 MIncrease in accounts receivable, net: -$358,000,000.00Accounts receivable−$358.00 MDecrease (increase) in inventory and promotional merchandise: $6,000,000.00Inventories+$6.00 MIncrease in other assets, net: -$11,000,000.00Other operating assets−$11.00 MDecrease in accounts payable: -$204,000,000.00Trade payables−$204.00 MIncrease (decrease) in operating lease assets and liabilities, net: $11,000,000.00Lease asset & liability, net+$11.00 MDecrease in other accrued and noncurrent liabilities: -$79,000,000.00Other operating liabilities−$79.00 MNon-cash restructuring and other charges: $3,000,000.00Restructuring charges+$3.00 MNet cash used in operating activities: -$340,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Operating cash−$340.00 Moperating reconciliation: $716,000,000.00Dividends paid to stockholders: -$127,000,000.00Common dividends paid−$127.00 MSettlement of cross-currency swaps: $9,000,000.00Financing derivative proceeds+$9.00 MRepayments of long-term debt: -$1,000,000.00Long-term debt repaid−$1.00 MNet proceeds from stock-based compensation transactions: $39,000,000.00Stock option exercises+$39.00 MPayments to acquire treasury stock: -$9,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$9.00 MPayment of deferred consideration: -$150,000,000.00Contingent consideration paid−$150.00 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$239,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$239.00 Mfinancing reconciliation: $287,000,000.00Capital expenditures: -$96,000,000.00PP&E purchases−$96.00 MSettlement of net investment hedges: -$23,000,000.00Investing hedges, net−$23.00 MPurchases of investments: $0.00Proceeds from the disposition of investments: $3,000,000.00Investment sales & maturities+$3.00 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$116,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$116.00 Minvesting reconciliation: $119,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $2,921,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,921,000,000.00Beginning cash$2.92 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,219,000,000.00Ending cash$2.22 BExchange-rate effect: -$7,000,000.00FX effect−$7.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONInvestingflowsFinancingflowsOperatingflowsFree cash flow−$436.00 MOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income−7.23×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change−$702.00 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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Estée Lauder Companies Inc cash flow reconciliation, Jul 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2025

Cash flows for Jul 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2025. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Jun 30, 2025. Ending cash: Sep 30, 2025. 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
negative 340,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Net earnings (loss)
47,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
200,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
negative 34,000,000 US dollars
Non-cash stock-based compensation
88,000,000 US dollars
Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
0 US dollars
Pension and post-retirement benefit expense
21,000,000 US dollars
Pension and post-retirement benefit contributions
negative 28,000,000 US dollars
Other adjustments and non-cash items
negative 2,000,000 US dollars
Increase in accounts receivable, net
negative 358,000,000 US dollars
Decrease (increase) in inventory and promotional merchandise
6,000,000 US dollars
Increase in other assets, net
negative 11,000,000 US dollars
Decrease in accounts payable
negative 204,000,000 US dollars
Increase (decrease) in operating lease assets and liabilities, net
11,000,000 US dollars
Decrease in other accrued and noncurrent liabilities
negative 79,000,000 US dollars
Non-cash restructuring and other charges
3,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 116,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Capital expenditures
negative 96,000,000 US dollars
Settlement of net investment hedges
negative 23,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of investments
0 US dollars
Proceeds from the disposition of investments
3,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 239,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Dividends paid to stockholders
negative 127,000,000 US dollars
Settlement of cross-currency swaps
9,000,000 US dollars
Repayments of long-term debt
negative 1,000,000 US dollars
Net proceeds from stock-based compensation transactions
39,000,000 US dollars
Payments to acquire treasury stock
negative 9,000,000 US dollars
Payment of deferred consideration
negative 150,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
716,000,000 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
287,000,000 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
119,000,000 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
negative 7,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Sep 30, 2025
2,219,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
2,921,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
negative 702,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
−7.23×. 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
negative 340,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
96,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
negative 436,000,000 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 or operating cash is negative. The full signed reconciliation is retained: losses remain deductions, and any negative operating-cash total enters the junction from the cash pool. No positive direct-income connection is implied.
  • 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: negative 340,000,000 US dollars minus 96,000,000 US dollars equals negative 436,000,000 US dollars.
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