{"id":48902,"date":"2026-04-23T11:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/loreal-stock-jumps-9-after-q1-earnings-how-high-can-it-go\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:35:17","slug":"loreal-stock-jumps-9-after-q1-earnings-how-high-can-it-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/loreal-stock-jumps-9-after-q1-earnings-how-high-can-it-go\/","title":{"rendered":"L’Oreal stock jumps 9% after Q1 earnings: how high can it go?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L\u2019Or\u00e9al has started 2026 with a much stronger-than-expected first quarter, a result that sent its shares sharply higher.<\/p>\n

The strong results forced investors to reassess the beauty giant\u2019s near-term outlook.<\/p>\n

The company said first-quarter sales rose to \u20ac12.15 billion, up 3.6% on a reported basis and 7.6% like-for-like, or 6.7% on an adjusted basis after stripping out IT-timing effects.<\/p>\n

The beat helped push the stock up almost 9% to about \u20ac375 in early Paris trading on Thursday, its best session in four years.<\/p>\n

A broad-based beat, not a one-off<\/h2>\n

The scale of the reaction makes more sense when you look past the headline number.<\/p>\n

This was not a narrow outperformance in one market or one category.<\/p>\n

Professional Products grew 13.1% on an adjusted like-for-like basis, Dermatological Beauty rose 10.2%, and Luxe advanced 5.6%.<\/p>\n

By region, Europe grew 5.5%, North America 7.6%, and North Asia returned to adjusted growth of 4.8%.<\/p>\n

L\u2019Or\u00e9al itself said the quarter reflected broader market-share gains, while the demand was strong across the US, China, and Europe.<\/a><\/p>\n

That matters because the stock had been under pressure after a weaker February update.<\/p>\n

In mid-February, L\u2019Or\u00e9al reported fourth-quarter sales growth of 6%, but North Asia slowed to just 0.6%, far below expectations, and the shares sold off.<\/p>\n

The latest quarter does more than beat estimates: it resets the narrative around whether L\u2019Or\u00e9al has simply stabilised, or is reaccelerating from a soft patch.<\/p>\n

Market-share story is now the key one<\/h2>\n

For investors, the most important takeaway is that L\u2019Or\u00e9al is still growing faster than the beauty market itself.<\/p>\n

In its release, the company said the adjusted 6.7% figure was \u201csignificantly ahead\u201d of the global beauty market and that it had \u201caccelerated\u201d market-share gains around the world.<\/p>\n

CEO Nicolas Hieronimus said the group was winning in fragrances, haircare, and makeup, with \u201cencouraging signs\u201d in skincare as well.<\/p>\n

That mix suggests the business is not relying on one defensive pocket of demand, but on a portfolio that is still expanding across multiple price points.<\/p>\n

The analysts described the quarter as evidence of resilience in a shaky consumer backdrop.<\/p>\n

L\u2019Or\u00e9al remains optimistic about 2026 sales and profit growth, even as broader concerns linger over geopolitics and consumer confidence.<\/p>\n

In other words, the company is arguing that beauty remains a resilient spend category.<\/p>\n

L’Oreal stock: How high can it go from here?<\/h2>\n

That is the central question after a near-9% one-day surge.<\/p>\n

On the bullish side, the quarter just delivered the sort of broad, clean beat that can justify a higher multiple, especially after sentiment had cooled.<\/p>\n

But the stock is not obviously cheap even after the jump.<\/p>\n

TipRanks shows an average analyst target of \u20ac396.42 and a high forecast of \u20ac437, which suggests the market already had some room for optimism built in before the results.<\/p>\n

Put differently, the first-quarter print may have removed the bear case, but it does not automatically guarantee another leg up.<\/p>\n

The post L'Oreal stock jumps 9% after Q1 earnings: how high can it go?<\/a> appeared first on Invezz<\/a><\/p>\n

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