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E.l.f. Beauty, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, E.l.f. Beauty, Inc. had return on equity of 2.8% and a net margin of 1.6%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2015Dec 20142016Dec 20152017Dec 20162018Dec 20172019Dec 20182020Mar 20202021Mar 20212022Mar 20222023Mar 20232024Mar 20242025Mar 20252026Mar 2026LTMJun 2026
Net margin−6.9%2.3%2.3%12.4%5.8%6.3%2.0%5.6%10.6%12.5%8.5%1.6%3.4%
Return on equity——13.2%20.0%7.3%7.6%2.4%7.5%17.0%24.2%16.0%2.8%5.2%
Return on assets—1.2%1.4%8.0%3.6%4.0%1.3%4.4%11.3%14.8%9.4%1.4%2.5%
Effective tax rate—49.8%45.9%−49.0%13.5%25.7%—14.4%4.0%9.5%23.0%35.0%28.7%
SG&A as % of revenue41.5%39.1%47.5%48.7%51.1%55.6%61.0%56.6%55.7%56.1%59.2%62.7%63.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.5bn
Short-term assets $860mLonger-term assets $1.6bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.5bn
Short-term liabilities $338mLonger-term liabilities $954mShareholders' equity $1.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $860m of assets due within a year against $338m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $860m short-term assets against $954m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $344m of cash against $834m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 71% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 30% to 71% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $297m of operating cash flow against $834m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From E.l.f. Beauty, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard E.l.f. Beauty's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 7 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 6.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 17 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 65.2%, moving by 4.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 6 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 9.8%; its worst year was 2.7%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 11.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 8 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 13.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 5.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (52 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from E.l.f. Beauty, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to E.l.f. Beauty, Inc.