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) Return on equity

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e.l.f. Beauty's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.33%, up 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (2.78%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1,236.7% (fiscal 2016) to 78.8% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 38% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 4.67% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.42%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2026 2.78% (13.19)
FY2025 16.0% (8.26)
FY2024 24.2% 7.22
FY2023 17.0% 9.53
FY2022 7.48% 5.04
FY2021 2.44% (5.38)
FY2020 7.82% 7.82
FY2019 0.00% (6.77)
FY2018 6.77% (0.57)
FY2018 7.34% (9.93)

Against its own ten years

Low −1,236.7% High 78.8%
Ten-year median 7.41%
Current reading's percentile 38

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
CLX The Clorox Company compare 522.8%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 17.8%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 15.4%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 9.28%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty 7.33%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare 4.24%
EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company compare −6.16%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare −12.8%
COTY Coty compare −16.2%
Household & Personal Products industry median 4.67%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.42%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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