Report
Erin Lash
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

With solid brand intangible assets and expansive global scale, L'Oreal touts a competitive edge.

After digesting L’Oreal’s first-half results--which included 4.5% constant-currency sales growth and a 20-basis-point bump in operating margins to 18.3%--we’re holding firm on our EUR 157 fair value estimate. From our vantage point, L'Oreal's portfolio of leading brands that carry significant weight in the eyes of retailers that depend on the firm's offerings to drive store traffic, combined with its cost edge, warrants a wide moat. Further, our long-term forecast, which calls for about 5% annua...
Underlying
L'Oreal SA

L'Oreal acts as a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. plays a strategic coordination role and scientific, industrial and marketing coordination role on a global basis. Co. develops, manufactures and commercializes products for Skin care, Hair care, Make-up, Perfumes, Toiletries and deodorants, and Oral cosmetics. Co. has three branches: Cosmetics, Body shop and Dermatology. Co.'s principal activities comprise four divisions: Professional Products, Consumer Products, L'Oreal Luxe and Active Cosmetics. The Body Shop branch offers various cosmetics and toiletry products. The Dermatology branch offers topical dermatology prescription, and corrective and aesthetic dermatology.

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Erin Lash

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