Estee Lauder Companies Inc vs Moody's Corporation — how do they compare? Estee Lauder Companies Inc trades at $88.05 (market cap $31.76B), while Moody's Corporation trades at $476.73 (market cap $82.52B). The key difference: Moody's Corporation is far larger — about 2.6× Estee Lauder Companies Inc's market cap, and Estee Lauder Companies Inc pays the higher dividend (1.59%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| EL | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $31.76B | $82.52B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Financials |
52-Week High | $119.61 | $539.61 |
52-Week Low | $67.23 | $412.23 |
Enterprise Value | $37.93B | $88.54B |
Dividend Yield | 1.59% | 0.86% |
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Estee Lauder is the world leader in the global prestige beauty market, participating across skincare (56% of fiscal 2022 sales), makeup (26%), fragrance (14%), and haircare (4%) categories, with popular brands such as Estee Lauder, Clinique, MAC, La Mer, Jo Malone, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, Too Faced, Origins, Dr. Jart+, and The Ordinary. The firm operates in 150 countries, with 26% of fiscal 2022 revenue stemming from the Americas, 43% from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and 31% from Asia-Pacific. The company sells its products through department stores, travel retail, multi-brand specialty beauty stores, brand-dedicated freestanding stores, e-commerce, salons/spas, and perfumeries.
Read more on EL →Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed income securities. Moody's ratings segment, known as Moody's Investors Service or MIS, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. Moody's other segment is Moody's Analytics and consists of Research, Data, and Analytics or RD&A and Enterprise Risk Solutions or ERS. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know your customer (KYC) tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk management software solutions to financial institutions.
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