Deutsche Bank Lowers Price Target on Estee Lauder (EL); Q2 Preview: Headwinds Remain

July 11, 2012 7:41 AM EDT
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Price: $86.10 -1.4%

Rating Summary:
    20 Buy, 16 Hold, 2 Sell

Rating Trend: = Flat

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 14 | New: 11
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Deutsche Bank maintains a 'Hold' on Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) price target of $57.00 (from $65.00).

Deutsche analyst said, "AVP is yet to announce its 2Q12 earnings release date but is expected to be during first week of August. Our 2Q12 EPS of $0.23 is $0.01 above Street and down 53% YoY...We expect total sales decline of 6.8% with f/x hit of about 8 pts. Organic growth of 1.4% should be driven entirely by price/mix. Flat volume growth is sequentially better than in recent quarters with year ago comp of -3% undemanding."

Continued Headwinds: Recently downgraded by Moody’s and Fitch putting the company at risk of not being able to access CP market if short-term ratings are cut further...We continue to see strong latent growth and margin potential at this struggling direct selling leader.

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Shares of Estee Lauder closed at $51.51 yesterday.


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