MLKMF vs HELE vs ELF Stock Comparison

Waldencast, Helen Of Troy and e.l.f. Beauty Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MLKMF Waldencast plc
$0.88 -14.6% 1M -54.4% 1Y
Market cap
$92.40M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$29.20 +2.0% 1M +45.7% 1Y
Market cap
$667.98M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
$113.12 +13.6% 1M -10.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.92B
P/E
116.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.76B
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

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

QuestionMLKMFHELEELFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $92.40M $667.98M $6.92B ELF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — -6.7x 116.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 7.8x 33.1x HELE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +0.3% +31.2% ELF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -5.4% 3.4% ELF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 1.6% 4.6% ELF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 8.3x 2.2x ELF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -54.4% +45.7% -10.4% HELE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -38.2%/yr -33.4%/yr +28.3%/yr ELF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 100.5% 54.0% 70.5% HELE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 44/100 60/100 ELF

Percentile Scorecard

MLKMFHELEELF

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

AxisMLKMFHELEELF
Valuation – 78 #10 of 42 41 #31 of 52
Growth – 39 #26 of 42 86 #8 of 50
Profitability – 49 #21 of 40 64 #17 of 45
Financial Health 67 #19 of 56 30 #31 of 44 69 #18 of 56
Shareholder Returns – 22 #22 of 28 40 #19 of 31
Overall – 44 60
  • MLKMF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • HELE ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables
  • ELF 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

PeriodMLKMFHELEELFSPY
1 month -14.6%+2.0%+13.6% -0.2%
3 months -47.3%+1.2%+34.6% +3.9%
6 months +12.8%+24.5%+79.6% +8.2%
Year to date -53.2%+37.4%+48.8% +12.9%
1 year -54.4%+45.7%-10.4% +12.3%
3 years -90.0%-69.8%+10.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year -53.6%-32.9%+3.4% +23.3%
5 years -90.9%-86.9%+248.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year -38.2%-33.4%+28.3% +10.9%
10 years —-62.6%+321.1% +261.1%
10 years, per year —-9.4%+15.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMLKMFHELEELFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 100.5%54.0%70.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 88.2%48.3%82.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.350.971.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.540.85-0.15 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.5%-94.5%-77.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -71.4%-3.4%-14.1% -1.2%
52-week high $3.08$30.22$131.70 $779.14
52-week low $0.75$13.88$49.57 $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.

MultipleMLKMFHELEELF
P/E now vs peer median —median 18.5x -6.9xmedian 16.0x 112.2xmedian 18.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.6x 0.4xmedian 0.6x 3.8xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.9x 17.0xmedian 9.8x 32.3xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 18.6x 4.6xmedian 11.9x 23.8xmedian 18.6x
P/B now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 2.2x 0.8xmedian 1.2x 5.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.97 0.17median 0.64 -6.58median 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 monthsMLKMFHELEELF
Revenue – $1.83B $1.76B
Gross profit – $864.98M $1.31B
Operating income – $23.94M $127.36M
Net income – -$99.23M $59.61M
Free cash flow – $147.21M $280.16M
EPS (diluted) – $-4.11 $1.00
Cash & equivalents $7.82M $22.58M $344.24M
Total debt $631.43M $3.17B $832.00M
Shares (diluted) 114.07M 24.15M 59.73M
Enterprise value $30.43M $577.70M $5.90B

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
MetricMLKMFHELEELF
P/E – -6.9x 112.2x
P/FCF – 4.6x 23.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 3.8x 22.5x
P/S – 0.4x 3.8x
P/B 0.3x 0.8x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 0.3x 1.4x 10.6x
EV/EBITDA – 17.0x 32.3x
EV/EBIT – 55.6x 56.2x
EV/Revenue – 0.7x 4.1x
EV/FCF – 9.0x 25.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 7.4x 24.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.17 -6.58

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMLKMFHELEELF
Revenue growth (1Y) – 0.3% 31.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -3.1% 37.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 0.5% 38.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -1.7% 41.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 103.7% -18.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -52.1% 5.9%
Net income growth (1Y) – 84.9% -39.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -39.6% -15.9%
EPS growth (1Y) – 85.7% -41.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -39.5% -17.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 97.1% 85.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -25.9% 46.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 192.7% 107.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -25.7% 44.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMLKMFHELEELF
Gross margin – 47.4% 74.4%
EBITDA margin – 4.3% 12.6%
Operating margin – 1.3% 7.2%
Pretax margin – -1.5% 4.7%
Net margin – -5.4% 3.4%
FCF margin – 8.1% 15.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 9.8% 16.9%
Return on equity – -11.7% 5.2%
Return on assets – -4.8% 2.5%
Return on invested capital – 1.6% 4.6%
Return on capital employed – 1.5% 6.1%
Asset turnover – 0.9x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -1.8x 5.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.0% 5.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMLKMFHELEELF
Debt / assets 23.1% 32.1% 33.8%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.8x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 8.3x 2.2x
Debt / FCF – 4.6x 3.0x
Liabilities / assets 39.5% 59.3% 52.5%
Equity / assets 60.5% 40.7% 47.5%
Interest coverage – 0.5x –
Current ratio 4.8x 1.7x 2.5x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.7x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 1.0x
Altman Z-score – 1.74 4.19

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMLKMFHELEELF
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -0.1% 1.4%
Shareholder yield – -0.1% 1.4%
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.

ConsensusMLKMFHELEELF
Forward P/E – 7.8xFY2026 33.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.51FY2026 $3.74FY2026 $3.42FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +5.4%FY2026 +9.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.9% +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $272.64MFY2026 $1.76BFY2026 $2.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.2%FY2026 -1.8%FY2026 +27.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.6% -2.6% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMLKMFHELEELF
Held by institutions – 96.3% 87.3%
Institutions holding – 198 430
Change in shares held, QoQ – +5.7% -9.9%
Institutions buying – 120 214
Institutions selling – 46 158
Buyers to sellers – 2.61 1.35

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.

MLKMFHELEELF
MLKMF 1.00 0.02 0.07
HELE 0.02 1.00 0.31
ELF 0.07 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MLKMF, HELE and ELF?

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Waldencast (MLKMF) $92.40M, Helen Of Troy (HELE) $667.98M, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) $6.92B.

Which company is growing faster?

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) +31.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) has the highest net margin (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 3.4%). On return on invested capital, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) leads (Helen Of Troy (HELE) 1.6%, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 4.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Helen Of Troy (HELE) returned the most: Waldencast (MLKMF) -54.4%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +45.7%, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) -10.4%. Over five years, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) compounded fastest (Waldencast (MLKMF) -38.2%/yr, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -33.4%/yr, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) +28.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Helen Of Troy (HELE) has been the steadiest (Waldencast (MLKMF) 100.5%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 54.0%, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) 70.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MLKMF, HELE and ELF?

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 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.