ABLV vs ELF vs HLF Stock Comparison

Able View Global, e.l.f. Beauty and Herbalife Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABLV Able View Global Inc.
$2.48 +90.8% 1M +161.1% 1Y
Market cap
$119.00M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples
1 win
ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
$113.12 +13.6% 1M -10.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.84B
P/E
114.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.76B
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples
6 wins
HLF Herbalife Ltd.
$13.48 +7.3% 1M +64.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.40B
P/E
8.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.20B
Div. yield
–
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

e.l.f. Beauty leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (e.l.f. Beauty 6, Herbalife 4, Able View Global 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABLVELFHLFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $119.00M $6.84B $1.40B ELF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 114.7x 8.5x HLF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 33.1x 5.4x HLF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +31.2% +5.5% ELF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 3.4% 3.2% ELF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 4.6% 24.3% HLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.2x 2.6x ELF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +161.1% -10.4% +64.4% ABLV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +28.3%/yr -21.9%/yr ELF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 132.8% 70.5% 58.5% HLF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 60/100 59/100 ELF

Percentile Scorecard

ABLVELFHLF

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABLVELFHLF
Valuation – 41 #31 of 52 100 #1 of 52
Growth – 86 #8 of 50 59 #21 of 50
Profitability – 64 #17 of 45 84 #8 of 45
Financial Health 46 #31 of 56 69 #18 of 56 29 #40 of 56
Shareholder Returns – 40 #19 of 31 23 #24 of 31
Overall – 60 59
  • ABLV ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • ELF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • HLF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABLVELFHLFSPY
1 month +90.8%+13.6%+7.3% -0.2%
3 months +185.1%+34.6%+7.6% +3.9%
6 months +211.0%+79.6%-18.9% +8.2%
Year to date +267.1%+48.8%+4.6% +12.9%
1 year +161.1%-10.4%+64.4% +12.3%
3 years -0.4%+10.6%-3.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year -0.1%+3.4%-1.1% +23.3%
5 years —+248.0%-70.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+28.3%-21.9% +10.9%
10 years —+321.1%-55.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+15.5%-7.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABLVELFHLFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 132.8%70.5%58.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 134.2%82.7%53.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.271.691.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.21-0.151.10 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.5%-77.3%-89.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.5%-14.1%-32.5% -1.2%
52-week high $2.74$131.70$19.96 $779.14
52-week low $0.58$49.57$7.75 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABLVELFHLF
P/E now vs peer median —median 18.5x 112.2xmedian 18.5x 8.6xmedian 18.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.6x 3.8xmedian 1.6x 0.3xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.9x 32.3xmedian 12.9x 4.9xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 18.6x 23.8xmedian 18.6x 4.4xmedian 18.6x
P/B now vs peer median 14.7xmedian 2.2x 5.7xmedian 2.2x -3.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.97 -6.58median 0.97 -0.74median 0.97

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABLVELFHLF
Revenue – $1.76B $5.20B
Gross profit – $1.31B $4.04B
Operating income – $127.36M $492.30M
Net income – $59.61M $162.90M
Free cash flow – $280.16M $322.30M
EPS (diluted) – $1.00 $1.57
Cash & equivalents $4.07M $344.24M $370.50M
Total debt $38.52M $832.00M $8.02B
Shares (diluted) 49.39M 59.73M 104.50M
Enterprise value $84.44M $5.81B -$76.86M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABLVELFHLF
P/E – 112.2x 8.6x
P/FCF – 23.8x 4.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 22.5x 3.7x
P/S – 3.8x 0.3x
P/B 14.7x 5.7x -3.0x
P/Tangible book 14.7x 10.6x -1.7x
EV/EBITDA – 32.3x 4.9x
EV/EBIT – 56.2x 6.2x
EV/Revenue – 4.1x 0.6x
EV/FCF – 25.5x 9.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 24.1x 8.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -6.58 -0.74

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABLVELFHLF
Revenue growth (1Y) – 31.2% 5.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 37.9% 1.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 38.2% 5.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 41.8% 1.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -18.4% 0.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 5.9% 4.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – -39.1% -49.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -15.9% -10.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – -41.2% -50.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -17.1% -11.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 85.8% 44.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 46.4% 8.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 107.6% 88.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 44.7% 27.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABLVELFHLF
Gross margin – 74.4% 77.7%
EBITDA margin – 12.6% 12.1%
Operating margin – 7.2% 9.5%
Pretax margin – 4.7% 4.1%
Net margin – 3.4% 3.2%
FCF margin – 15.9% 6.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 16.9% 7.4%
Return on equity – 5.2% –
Return on assets – 2.5% 5.7%
Return on invested capital – 4.6% 24.3%
Return on capital employed – 6.1% 26.0%
Asset turnover – 0.7x 1.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 5.0x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 5.5% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABLVELFHLF
Debt / assets 34.8% 33.8% 70.5%
Debt / equity 1.4x 0.7x -4.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.2x 2.6x
Debt / FCF – 3.0x 6.3x
Liabilities / assets 75.3% 52.5% 116.6%
Equity / assets 24.7% 47.5% -16.6%
Interest coverage – – 2.5x
Current ratio 1.6x 2.5x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.5x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.0x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 4.19 2.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABLVELFHLF
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 1.4% 0.8%
Shareholder yield – 1.4% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABLVELFHLF
Forward P/E – 33.1xFY2026 5.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.42FY2026 $2.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +9.3%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +7.9% +29.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $2.10BFY2026 $5.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +27.8%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -2.8% -9.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABLVELFHLF
Held by institutions – 87.3% 99.1%
Institutions holding – 430 235
Change in shares held, QoQ – -9.9% -0.4%
Institutions buying – 214 129
Institutions selling – 158 72
Buyers to sellers – 1.35 1.79

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABLVELFHLF
ABLV 1.00 -0.01 0.05
ELF -0.01 1.00 0.06
HLF 0.05 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABLV, ELF and HLF?

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Able View Global (ABLV) $119.00M, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) $6.84B, Herbalife (HLF) $1.40B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABLV, ELF and HLF?

Herbalife (HLF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 114.7x, Herbalife (HLF) 8.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Herbalife (HLF) is cheapest (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 33.1x, Herbalife (HLF) 5.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) +31.2%, Herbalife (HLF) +5.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) has the highest net margin (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 3.4%, Herbalife (HLF) 3.2%). On return on invested capital, Herbalife (HLF) leads (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 4.6%, Herbalife (HLF) 24.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Able View Global (ABLV) returned the most: Able View Global (ABLV) +161.1%, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) -10.4%, Herbalife (HLF) +64.4%. Over five years, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) compounded fastest (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) +28.3%/yr, Herbalife (HLF) -21.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Herbalife (HLF) has been the steadiest (Able View Global (ABLV) 132.8%, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 70.5%, Herbalife (HLF) 58.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABLV, ELF and HLF?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.