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) Return on invested capital
e.l.f. Beauty's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.44%, up 3.7 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (2.70%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.5% (fiscal 2015) to 22.7% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 44% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.57% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2.70% | (8.67) |
| FY2025 | 11.4% | (0.37) |
| FY2024 | 11.7% | (0.20) |
| FY2023 | 11.9% | 6.86 |
| FY2022 | 5.08% | 3.34 |
| FY2021 | 1.74% | (3.85) |
| FY2020 | 5.59% | 5.59 |
| FY2019 | 0.00% | (4.98) |
| FY2018 | 4.98% | 4.98 |
| FY2018 | 0.00% | (6.11) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 16.7% |
| IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare | 16.6% |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 11.3% |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | 7.87% |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty | 6.44% |
| SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare | 3.28% |
| NWL Newell Brands Inc. compare | 0.65% |
| EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company compare | 0.48% |
| COTY Coty compare | −1.03% |
| Household & Personal Products industry median | 0.57% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.96% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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