What Made Oppenheimer Upgrade The Estée Lauder Companies’ Stock?


The Estée Lauder Companies (EL) received a Buy rating and a $240.00 price target from Oppenheimer analyst Rupesh Parikh today. The company’s shares closed last Wednesday at $211.50, close to its 52-week high of $220.42.

According to TipRanks.com, Parikh is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 14.7% and a 64.1% success rate. Parikh covers the Consumer Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as Bj’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Albertsons Companies, and Church & Dwight.

Currently, the analyst consensus on The Estée Lauder Companies is a Moderate Buy with an average price target of $206.55, representing a -0.7% downside. In a report issued on August 11, Deutsche Bank also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $227.00 price target.

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The company has a one-year high of $220.42 and a one-year low of $137.01. Currently, The Estée Lauder Companies has an average volume of 1.31M.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 96 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of EL in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in June 2020, Richard Parsons, a Director at EL sold 2,906 shares for a total of $585,559.

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The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. engages in the manufacturing of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. It sells products under the following brand names: Estée Lauder, Clinique, Origins, MžAžC, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Jo Malone London, Aveda, and Too Faced. Its channels primarily consist of department stores, specialty multi-brand retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and prestige salons and spas. The company was founded by Estée Lauder and Joseph Lauder in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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