L'Oréal (OR) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What OR does

L'Oréal (OR) is a French cosmetics company headquartered in Clichy, France, listed on the Euronext Paris exchange and a member of the CAC 40. It manufactures and sells cosmetic products for women and men across Europe, North America, North Asia, South Asia Pacific, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.

The group operates through four divisions — Professional Products, Consumer Products, Luxe, and Dermatological Beauty — offering skincare, make-up, hair colourant, haircare, perfume, and hygiene products. Its portfolio spans well-known names such as L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Armani Beauty, Kiehl's, Aesop, La Roche-Posay, and CeraVe. Products are sold through hair salons, local stores, e-commerce, travel retail, mass market retail, department store perfumeries, pharmacies, drug stores, medi-spas, and free-standing stores. The company employs around 95,000 people and belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Household & Personal Products industry — alongside peers such as Danone (BN), Carrefour (CA), and Pernod Ricard (RI).

Key numbers explained

• Market capitalisation of 203.3B EUR — the total market value of all shares; a figure of this size makes L'Oréal one of the largest companies on Euronext Paris.
• P/E ratio of 32.5 (trailing) — the price of 381.85 EUR divided by trailing earnings per share of 11.76 EUR; it shows how many euros investors pay per euro of current earnings. The forward P/E of 25.6 is lower because it is based on expected earnings.
• Dividend yield of 1.89% — the annual dividend as a percentage of the share price; the company pays out 61% of its earnings as dividends, with the ex-dividend date set for Apr 29, 2026.
• Revenue of 45.35B EUR over the trailing 12 months, growing 5.8% year over year — a measure of business size and expansion pace.
• Profit margin of 13.9% and operating margin of 21.3% — how much of each euro of revenue turns into net profit and operating profit, respectively.
• Return on equity of 19.4% — how efficiently the company generates profit from shareholders' capital.
• Beta of 0.89 — historically, the stock has moved slightly less than the overall market.
• 52-week range of 338.85 – 405.8 EUR, with a 5.4% price change over the last 52 weeks.

What to watch

As a consumer defensive stock, L'Oréal's results tend to depend on consumer spending patterns, which can shift with inflation and household budgets. Its global footprint means currency movements and regional demand — notably in North America and North Asia — can affect reported revenue. Competition in beauty and personal care, input costs, and trends in e-commerce and travel retail are other general factors investors typically follow. Valuation metrics such as the 32.5 trailing P/E versus the 25.6 forward P/E are commonly compared with sector peers when assessing how the market prices expected earnings growth.