e.l.f. Beauty
ELF Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products
e.l.f. Beauty’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $1.6 billion, up 24.6% from fiscal 2025.
- Revenue
- +51.4%
- EPS
- +920.0%
- Free cash flow
- −27.0%
- Total debt
- −6.96%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Free cash flow margin
e.l.f. Beauty's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.2%, up 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (11.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.09% (fiscal 2016) to 20.8% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 4.87% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 11.6% | 2.83 |
| FY2025 | 8.78% | 2.68 |
| FY2024 | 6.10% | (11.20) |
| FY2023 | 17.3% | 13.55 |
| FY2022 | 3.75% | (3.48) |
| FY2021 | 7.23% | (5.11) |
| FY2020 | 12.3% | (5.13) |
| FY2018 | 17.5% | (3.31) |
| FY2018 | 20.8% | 18.99 |
| FY2017 | 1.79% | (2.80) |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 16.8% |
| IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare | 16.0% |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty | 14.2% |
| COTY Coty compare | 10.4% |
| SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare | 10.2% |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | 9.99% |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 6.30% |
| EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company compare | 2.34% |
| NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare | 0.72% |
| Household & Personal Products industry median | 4.87% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.51% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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