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) Operating margin
e.l.f. Beauty's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.87%, up 4.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (4.50%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.1% (fiscal 2015) to 24.7% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 20% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 1.31% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4.50% | (7.53) |
| FY2025 | 12.0% | (2.59) |
| FY2024 | 14.6% | 2.85 |
| FY2023 | 11.8% | 4.18 |
| FY2022 | 7.59% | 4.64 |
| FY2021 | 2.95% | (7.64) |
| FY2020 | 10.6% | 0.81 |
| FY2018 | 9.78% | (9.79) |
| FY2018 | 19.6% | 7.24 |
| FY2017 | 12.3% | (12.33) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 10.1% | (11.30) |
| Jun 2026 | 21.4% | 32.57 |
| Mar 2026 | −11.2% | (25.00) |
| Dec 2025 | 13.8% | 11.56 |
| 37 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 18.0% |
| IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare | 17.9% |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 14.6% |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty | 8.87% |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | 6.67% |
| SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare | 4.03% |
| NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare | 0.98% |
| EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company compare | 0.79% |
| COTY Coty compare | −1.66% |
| Household & Personal Products industry median | 1.31% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.70% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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