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

111.13 2.50 −2.20%
Market cap
$6.5B
P/E
76.1×
Fwd P/E
59.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
2.60
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
n/a

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Gross margin

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e.l.f. Beauty's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 74.4%, up 3.7 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (70.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 52.4% (fiscal 2015) to 71.2% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 93% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 46.9% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 70.7% (0.52)
FY2025 71.2% 0.52
FY2024 70.7% 3.28
FY2023 67.4% 3.25
FY2022 64.2% (0.63)
FY2021 64.8% 0.79
FY2020 64.0% 3.18
FY2018 60.9% 0.00
FY2018 60.9% (0.18)
FY2017 61.0% 0.00

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 71.1% (12.11)
Jun 2026 83.2% 10.54
Mar 2026 72.7% 1.67
Dec 2025 71.0% 1.54
37 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 52.4% High 71.2%
Ten-year median 61.0%
Current reading's percentile 97

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 76.0%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty 74.4%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 64.8%
COTY Coty compare 62.6%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 46.1%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 41.9%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare 39.7%
EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company compare 39.5%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare 35.6%
Household & Personal Products industry median 46.9%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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