What SEC filings does The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. submit to the SEC?

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about EL?

A Form 4 for EL discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for EL?

The 10-K is The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.'s annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all EL SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for EL. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. file with the SEC?

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling EL shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

EL SEC Filing News — The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Latest SEC filings for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-09-16.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. The company provides skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, eye care, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as foundations, powders, concealers and setting sprays, lipsticks, lip liners and lip glosses, mascaras, and eyeshadows and eyeliners, as well as compac…

Sector: Consumer Defensive Industry: Household & Personal Products Market Cap: $38.3B CIK: 1001250

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for EL currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 2 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.

EL Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-08-31 — 2026-09-16

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 2 sells

Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$10.05M

FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) · 2026-09-15

103,000 shares · Form 4

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sale filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 18 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 18 filings in this group are Form 4s for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 18 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 16 compensation award and 2 open-market sale. 2 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×16: Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Open-market sale ×2: The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Tejada Jennifer (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	16	$96.25	$1.5K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Tejada Jennifer (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Strong Dana (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	2	$96.25	$192.50

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Strong Dana (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Nunez Arturo (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	15	$96.25	$1.4K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Nunez Arturo (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

ZANNINO RICHARD F (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	10	$96.25	$962.50
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	38	$96.25	$3.7K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: ZANNINO RICHARD F (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Lauder William P (Director, 10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	2	$96.25	$192.50

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Lauder William P (Director, 10% Owner)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

LAUDER GARY M (Director, 10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	16	$96.25	$1.5K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: LAUDER GARY M (Director, 10% Owner)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

LAUDER JANE (Director, 10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	2	$96.25	$192.50

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: LAUDER JANE (Director, 10% Owner)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

STERNLICHT BARRY S (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	68	$96.25	$6.5K
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Cash Payout)	174	$96.25	$16.7K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: STERNLICHT BARRY S (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Long Annabelle Yu (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	2	$96.25	$192.50

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Long Annabelle Yu (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	52	$96.25	$5.0K
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Cash Payout)	152	$96.25	$14.6K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Hyman Jennifer (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	16	$96.25	$1.5K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Hyman Jennifer (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	10	$96.25	$962.50
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Cash Payout)	8	$96.25	$770.00

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director)

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Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

BARSHEFSKY CHARLENE (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Units (Share Payout)	86	$96.25	$8.3K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: BARSHEFSKY CHARLENE (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-09-15

EL insider FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) sold 103,000 shares (~$10.05M)

FRIBOURG PAUL J, listed as Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC, reported an open-market sale of 103,000 EL shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`S`	Open-market sale	45,000	$96.78	$4.36M
`S`	Open-market sale	14,777	$97.17	$1.44M
`S`	Open-market sale	27,086	$98.35	$2.66M
`S`	Open-market sale	16,137	$98.79	$1.59M

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: FRIBOURG PAUL J (Director) Shares: 103,000 Est. Value: $10.05M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-09-10

EL insider BARSHEFSKY CHARLENE (Director) sold 3,775 shares (~$373.0K)

BARSHEFSKY CHARLENE, listed as Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC, reported an open-market sale of 3,775 EL shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	4,697	$78.36	$368.1K
`S`	Open-market sale	3,775	$98.82	$373.0K
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (Right to Buy)	4,697	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: BARSHEFSKY CHARLENE (Director) Shares: 3,775 Est. Value: $373.0K

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Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-31

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Lammers Hendrik Rene (EVP & CR&IO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units (Share Payout)	7,909	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units (Share Payout)	9,416	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Option (Right to Buy)	28,820	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Lammers Hendrik Rene (EVP & CR&IO)

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Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-31

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Bowes Michael (Exec VP & CPO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units (Share Payout)	4,896	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Option (Right to Buy)	17,841	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Bowes Michael (Exec VP & CPO)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-31

EL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

de la Faverie Stephane (President and CEO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units (Share Payout)	37,661	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Stock Option (Right to Buy)	137,238	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: de la Faverie Stephane (President and CEO)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 1 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. has 1 such notice in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-09-09

EL Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY 2012 FAMIL U/A DTD 12/31/2012 (3,775 shares) ~$373.0K

CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY 2012 FAMIL U/A DTD 12/31/2012 filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell EL (ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY 2012 FAMIL U/A DTD 12/31/2012 Shares: 3,775 Est. Value: $373.0K

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Material Events 1 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There is 1 in this period for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-09-08

EL filed 8-K — material company event

ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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How we classify The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.'s filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on EL. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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