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e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (ELF)

NYSE / Consumer Defensive / Household & Personal Products

Share price

113.54 USD Market dataClose of Oct 16, 2026

Market capitalisation

6.70B USD Market dataClose of Oct 16, 2026
Market data
Oct 16, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed May 21, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 16, 2026
Filed years
11, FY2014 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

2.7% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

252.31x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

2.8% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2016 Revenue: 229.6M USDFY2016 Net income: 5.3M USDFY2017 Revenue: 269.9M USDFY2017 Net income: 33.5M USDFY2018 Revenue: 267.4M USDFY2018 Net income: 15.5M USDFY2020 Revenue: 282.9M USDFY2020 Net income: 17.9M USDFY2021 Revenue: 318.1M USDFY2021 Net income: 6.2M USDFY2022 Revenue: 392.2M USDFY2022 Net income: 21.8M USDFY2023 Revenue: 578.8M USDFY2023 Net income: 61.5M USDFY2024 Revenue: 1.02B USDFY2024 Net income: 127.7M USDFY2025 Revenue: 1.31B USDFY2025 Net income: 112.1M USDFY2026 Revenue: 1.64B USDFY2026 Net income: 26.3M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 252.31x at the close of 2026-10-16 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits above the highest.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (135 companies), 252.31x sits at the 100th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 13.73x to 34.00x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 2.7% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of capital" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns below the usual cost of the capital employed.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (102 companies), 2.7% sits at the 24th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 2.7% to 14.1%.

Is it safe

Net debt to EBITDA was 4.10x in FY2026, in the band labelled "High, covenant territory" (4.00x and above), on lines set by credit-analyst convention, suggesting debt in the range lenders write covenants around.

No peer distribution is published for net debt to EBITDA today; the year-by-year comparison uses the filed annual figures.

Year by year against peers
Whether e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.'s return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Consumer Defensive sector, year by year. (FY2023 to FY2026, 4 fiscal years of e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2016 to FY2026, 10 filed years of e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (11 readings drawn from the statement lines e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., and where in its filings. (7 questions for e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (14 of sixteen figures read for e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.)

These are ELF’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, accession 0001600033-26-000020.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax2.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Return on equity2.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Return on capital employed, pre-tax3.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Return on assets1.1% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Gross margin70.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Operating margin4.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Net margin1.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
ELF 1.6%
IPAR 11.3%NWL -4.0%COTY -10.4%
-10.4%11.3%
Net margin: ELF against the 3 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.81 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Current ratio2.35 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Quick ratio1.69 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Altman Z-score4.12 ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Net debt627.2M ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Total assets 2.39BTotal liabilities 1.26BShareholders' equity 1.13BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What e.l.f. Beauty, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020).

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets2.39B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026
Total liabilities1.26B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026
Shareholders' equity1.13B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026
Cash289.7M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026
Total debt916.9M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026
Net debt627.2M
Current ratio2.35
Debt to equity0.81
  • Interest cover: FY2026: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings252.31x ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
P/E on trailing twelve months115.86x ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book5.96x ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Price to sales4.12x ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Enterprise value to EBIT100.04x ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Enterprise value to EBITDA48.15x ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Price to earnings over growth8.95 ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Diluted earnings per share0.44 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Graham number13.89 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value ELF on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for e.l.f. Beauty, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc: valuation
Share price113.54 USD
Market capitalisation6.70B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA48.15x
Graham number13.89 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20260.44 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Aug 11, 2017: low 12.17x, median 69.58x, high 282.91x, latest 115.86x. 1,933 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 375 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like e.l.f. Beauty, Inc

  1. Inter Parfums, Inc. (IPAR)Market cap 3.71B USD
  2. Newell Brands Inc. (NWL)Market cap 2.41B USD
  3. Coty Inc. (COTY)Market cap 2.82B USD

Same industry (Household & Personal Products) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield2.8% ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Free cash flow190.1M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Free cash flow margin11.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Dividend yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
FY2016 Free cash flow: -7.1M USDFY2016 Net income: 5.3M USDFY2017 Free cash flow: 4.8M USDFY2017 Net income: 33.5M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 46.7M USDFY2018 Net income: 15.5M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 34.9M USDFY2020 Net income: 17.9M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 23.0M USDFY2021 Net income: 6.2M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 14.7M USDFY2022 Net income: 21.8M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 100.2M USDFY2023 Net income: 61.5M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 62.5M USDFY2024 Net income: 127.7M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 115.3M USDFY2025 Net income: 112.1M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 190.1M USDFY2026 Net income: 26.3M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
252.31xFY2026Oct 16, 2026
5.96xFY2026Oct 16, 2026
100.04xFY2026Oct 16, 2026
2.8%FY2026Oct 16, 2026
2.7%FY2026May 21, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 16, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports no dividend paid at all. That is not the same as a filed zero, and we will not read it as one.
0.81FY2026May 21, 2026
2.35FY2026May 21, 2026
4.12xFY2026Oct 16, 2026
8.95FY2026Oct 16, 2026
4.12FY2026Oct 16, 2026
-2.47FY2026May 21, 2026
3/9FY2026May 21, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 11 filed fiscal years on record, FY2014 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 16, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 16, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2026, read from the annual reports e.l.f. Beauty, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20261.64B73.6M26.3M0.44190.1M4.5%2.3%10-K, May 21, 20260001600033-26-000020
FY20251.31B158.0M112.1M1.92115.3M12.0%14.7%10-K, May 29, 20250001600033-25-000016
FY20241.02B149.7M127.7M2.2162.5M14.6%19.9%10-K, May 23, 20240001600033-24-000020
FY2023578.8M68.1M61.5M1.11100.2M11.8%15.0%10-K, May 25, 20230001600033-23-000016
FY2022392.2M29.8M21.8M0.4114.7M7.6%7.0%10-K, May 26, 20220001600033-22-000027
FY2021318.1M9.4M6.2M0.1223.0M3.0%2.3%10-K, May 27, 20210001600033-21-000030
FY2020282.9M29.9M17.9M0.3534.9M10.6%7.4%10-K, May 28, 20200001600033-20-000023
FY2018267.4M26.2M15.5M0.3246.7M9.8%6.8%10-K, Feb 28, 20190001600033-19-000011
FY2017269.9M33.3M33.5M0.684.8M12.3%17.3%10-K, Mar 1, 20180001600033-18-000014
FY2016229.6M23.1M5.3M-39.47-7.1M10.1%3.8%10-K, Mar 15, 20170001564590-17-004450
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2026: 21.7%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2026: 17.4%
  • Earnings per share: Earnings per share was not positive in both 2016 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Free cash flow: Free cash flow was not positive in both 2016 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.47 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Piotroski F-score3/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed May 21, 2026, 0001600033-26-000020
Named tests met0 of 30 Computed
Beta2.03 ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 0 met, 29 not met, 1 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
None of the named tests.
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; ROIC at or above WACC; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
Cash-covered dividend. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(7)
  • Positive Earnings Streak: We hold 7 profitable filed years in a row; the test needs 10.
  • Interest Coverage: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.
  • Dividend Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 7 figures could not be read on this company, among them Positive Earnings Streak, Interest Coverage, Dividend Yield. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 1 named test comes back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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