ELF vs IPAR vs NUS Stock Comparison

e.l.f. Beauty, Interparfums and Nu Skin Enterprises Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
$112.97 +13.5% 1M -8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$6.70B
P/E
112.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.76B
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples
3 wins
IPAR Interparfums Inc
$115.36 -2.2% 1M +19.6% 1Y
Market cap
$3.68B
P/E
22.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.50B
Div. yield
0.03%
Cosmetics Consumer Staples
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Interparfums leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Interparfums 7, e.l.f. Beauty 3, Nu Skin Enterprises 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionELFIPARNUSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.70B $3.68B $230.10M ELF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 112.4x 22.0x -1.1x IPAR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 33.0x 24.1x 6.0x NUS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.2% +2.9% -15.4% ELF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.4% 11.2% -15.7% IPAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.6% 15.8% -1.2% IPAR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 0.4x 0.6x IPAR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.05% NUS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.0% +19.6% -57.4% IPAR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.0%/yr +6.3%/yr -34.8%/yr ELF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.6% 30.6% 48.0% IPAR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 76/100 55/100 IPAR

Percentile Scorecard

ELFIPARNUS

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

AxisELFIPARNUS
Valuation 41 #31 of 52 65 #19 of 52 86 #8 of 52
Growth 86 #8 of 50 71 #15 of 50 10 #45 of 50
Profitability 64 #17 of 45 89 #6 of 45 43 #26 of 45
Financial Health 67 #19 of 56 91 #6 of 56 64 #21 of 56
Shareholder Returns 40 #19 of 31 67 #11 of 31 73 #9 of 31
Overall 60 76 55
  • ELF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • IPAR ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • NUS 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

PeriodELFIPARNUSSPY
1 month +13.5%-2.2%+1.3% -0.8%
3 months +34.5%-7.5%-8.8% +3.5%
6 months +77.3%+26.4%-37.3% +7.0%
Year to date +48.6%+36.0%-51.2% +12.2%
1 year -8.0%+19.6%-57.4% +13.0%
3 years +10.5%-6.9%-74.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +3.4%-2.4%-36.7% +23.1%
5 years +257.3%+35.7%-88.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +29.0%+6.3%-34.8% +11.0%
10 years +323.7%+251.7%-92.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year +15.5%+13.4%-22.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureELFIPARNUSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.6%30.6%48.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 82.7%32.9%57.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.690.360.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.110.64-1.20 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.3%-49.5%-91.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.2%-10.3%-59.4% -1.8%
52-week high $131.70$128.55$11.54 $779.14
52-week low $49.57$79.57$4.53 $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.

MultipleELFIPARNUS
P/E now vs peer median 112.1xmedian 18.6x 22.0xmedian 18.6x -1.1xmedian 18.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 1.6x 2.5xmedian 1.6x 0.2xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 32.3xmedian 13.0x 13.4xmedian 13.0x 6.3xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.8xmedian 18.4x 15.0xmedian 18.4x 21.2xmedian 18.4x
P/B now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 2.1x 3.4xmedian 2.1x 0.4xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -6.57median 0.97 4.75median 0.97 0.01median 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 monthsELFIPARNUS
Revenue $1.76B $1.50B $1.38B
Gross profit $1.31B $958.32M $951.49M
Operating income $127.36M $259.14M -$10.41M
Net income $59.61M $205.13M -$216.39M
Free cash flow $280.16M $245.89M $10.78M
EPS (diluted) $1.00 $5.24 $-4.45
Cash & equivalents $344.24M – $189.64M
Total debt $832.00M $145.69M $213.66M
Shares (diluted) 59.73M 32.03M 48.60M
Enterprise value $5.67B $3.27B -$654.53M

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
MetricELFIPARNUS
P/E 112.1x 22.0x -1.1x
P/FCF 23.8x 15.0x 21.2x
P/Operating cash flow 22.4x 14.4x 4.5x
P/S 3.8x 2.5x 0.2x
P/B 5.7x 3.4x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 10.6x 4.7x 0.5x
EV/EBITDA 32.3x 13.4x 6.3x
EV/EBIT 56.1x 14.7x -24.1x
EV/Revenue 4.1x 2.5x 0.2x
EV/FCF 25.5x 15.4x 23.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.1x 14.8x 4.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.57 4.75 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricELFIPARNUS
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.2% 2.9% -15.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 37.9% 7.4% -12.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 38.2% 1.8% -13.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 41.8% 7.4% -13.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.4% -6.2% 25.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.9% 3.6% -29.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -39.1% 2.5% -314.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -15.9% 3.8% -72.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -41.2% 4.6% -318.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -17.1% 4.6% -73.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 85.8% 17.1% -45.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 46.4% 33.2% -9.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 107.6% 23.3% -81.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 44.7% 34.2% 76.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricELFIPARNUS
Gross margin 74.4% 63.8% 69.2%
EBITDA margin 12.6% 18.9% 2.9%
Operating margin 7.2% 17.3% -0.8%
Pretax margin 4.7% 17.8% -1.9%
Net margin 3.4% 11.2% -15.7%
FCF margin 15.9% 16.4% 0.8%
Operating cash flow margin 16.9% 17.1% 3.7%
Return on equity 5.2% 18.6% -32.4%
Return on assets 2.5% 13.5% -17.3%
Return on invested capital 4.6% 15.8% -1.2%
Return on capital employed 6.1% 21.1% -1.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.0x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 5.0x 1.2x -0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 5.5% 0.1% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricELFIPARNUS
Debt / assets 33.8% 9.8% 19.1%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.1x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 0.4x 0.6x
Debt / FCF 3.0x 0.6x 19.8x
Liabilities / assets 52.5% 26.8% 51.6%
Equity / assets 47.5% 73.2% 48.4%
Interest coverage – 38.1x -0.7x
Current ratio 2.5x 3.3x 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.5x 1.2x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.1x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 4.18 8.45 3.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricELFIPARNUS
Dividend yield – 2.8% 5.1%
Net buyback yield 1.4% 0.3% 10.9%
Shareholder yield 1.4% 3.0% 16.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 50.0% -5.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 41.7% 108.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.2% -2.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 12.6% -46.8%

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.

ConsensusELFIPARNUS
Forward P/E 33.0xFY2026 24.1xFY2026 6.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.42FY2026 $4.78FY2026 $0.78FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +9.3%FY2026 -8.8%FY2026 -38.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.9% +2.1% +43.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.10BFY2026 $1.55BFY2026 $1.24BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +27.8%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026 -17.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.8% -2.2% +24.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersELFIPARNUS
Held by institutions 87.3% 67.1% 74.1%
Institutions holding 430 312 161
Change in shares held, QoQ -9.9% +3.5% -0.9%
Institutions buying 214 166 77
Institutions selling 158 97 61
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.71 1.26

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.

ELFIPARNUS
ELF 1.00 0.40 0.26
IPAR 0.40 1.00 0.38
NUS 0.26 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ELF, IPAR and NUS?

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) is the largest by market capitalisation: e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) $6.70B, Interparfums (IPAR) $3.68B, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) $230.10M.

Which stock is cheaper, ELF, IPAR and NUS?

Interparfums (IPAR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 112.4x, Interparfums (IPAR) 22.0x, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -1.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) is cheapest (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 33.0x, Interparfums (IPAR) 24.1x, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) 6.0x). 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%, Interparfums (IPAR) +2.9%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -15.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Interparfums (IPAR) has the highest net margin (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 3.4%, Interparfums (IPAR) 11.2%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -15.7%). On return on invested capital, Interparfums (IPAR) leads (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 4.6%, Interparfums (IPAR) 15.8%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -1.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Interparfums (IPAR) returned the most: e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) -8.0%, Interparfums (IPAR) +19.6%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -57.4%. Over five years, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) compounded fastest (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) +29.0%/yr, Interparfums (IPAR) +6.3%/yr, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -34.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) has the highest dividend yield: e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 0.00%, Interparfums (IPAR) 0.03%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) 0.05%. e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Interparfums (IPAR) has been the steadiest (e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 70.6%, Interparfums (IPAR) 30.6%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) 48.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ELF, IPAR and NUS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Interparfums (IPAR) leads on 7. 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.