Assessing L'Oréal (ENXTPA:OR)'s Valuation After Its Recent Share Price Drift Higher

L'Oréal (ENXTPA:OR) has quietly pushed higher, with the share price drifting up over the past month despite some choppiness in the past 3 months, and that mix deserves a closer look.

See our latest analysis for L'Oréal.

Zooming out, L'Oréal's 30 day share price return of 3.9 percent and year to date share price gain near 9 percent suggest steady, if unspectacular, momentum as investors weigh its resilient growth against a demanding valuation.

If you are comparing L'Oréal with other consumer facing names, it might be worth widening the lens and exploring fast growing stocks with high insider ownership.

With the shares trading only modestly below analyst targets despite solid but not explosive growth, the key question now is whether L'Oréal is quietly undervalued or if the market is already pricing in years of premium expansion.

Most Popular Narrative Narrative: 5% Undervalued

With L'Oréal closing at €368.20 against a narrative fair value near €387.55, the storyline leans toward modest upside baked into measured growth.

Analysts expect earnings to reach €8.0 billion (and earnings per share of €15.09) by about September 2028, up from €6.1 billion today. The analysts are largely in agreement about this estimate.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how moderate growth assumptions can still justify a premium earnings multiple for a beauty giant not classed as hyper growth? Want to see which revenue, margin, and valuation levers underpin that viewpoint? Dive into the full narrative to unpack the precise forecasts driving this fair value call.

Result: Fair Value of €387.55 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, intensifying competition from digital native and local brands, alongside shifting preferences toward clean, dermatological labels, could temper L'Oréal's premium growth story.

Find out about the key risks to this L'Oréal narrative.

Another Lens on Valuation

Step away from fair value models and L'Oréal starts to look fully priced. On a price to earnings basis it trades at 32.1 times, richer than the 31.5 times fair ratio, 27.5 times peers, and 18.9 times the wider industry, raising the risk of a sentiment swing.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Build Your Own L'Oréal Narrative

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