e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026)
e.l.f. Beauty's Operating Expenses came in at $280.32 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 43.1% from $195.83 million a year earlier but down 12.2% from the prior quarter.
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e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, e.l.f. Beauty reported Operating Expenses of $1.11 billion, up 40.1% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Mar 31, 2026), it came in at $1.03 billion, up 31.9% from FY2025.
- Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last six fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 39.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Operating Expenses was $777.66 million in FY2025 (+35.4%), $574.42 million in FY2024 (+78.3%), $322.25 million in FY2023 (+45.2%) and $221.96 million in FY2022 (+12.8%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Operating Expenses is $50.54 million (fiscal Q2 2022) to $319.14 million (fiscal Q4 2026).
- Year-over-year, Operating Expenses has increased for five consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 32.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Expenses over five years came in fiscal Q3 2024 (growth of 112.3%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2025 (a decline of 8.3%).
- Business Quant data shows ELF's Operating Expenses at $319.14 million (Q4 2026), $279.96 million (Q3 2026) and $231.14 million (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 346.43 Bn | 302.42 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 6.33 Bn |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 69.04 Bn | 64.10 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 2.13 Bn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 34.63 Bn | 22.70 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 2.78 Bn |
| 4 | Kenvue | 34.35 Bn | 29.97 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 1.60 Bn |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 32.85 Bn | 30.17 Bn | 1.60 Bn | - |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.69 Bn | 21.21 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 252.20 Mn |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.84 Bn | 8.28 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 330.00 Mn |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.00 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 280.32 Mn |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.65 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 107.00 Mn |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.78 Bn | 3.58 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 174.58 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 280.32 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 319.14 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 279.96 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 231.14 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 195.83 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 192.72 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 218.22 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 186.14 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 180.58 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 210.17 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 160.12 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 112.19 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 91.94 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 121.08 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 75.43 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 64.18 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 61.56 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 65.31 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 55.37 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 50.54 Mn |
API Access
e.l.f. Beauty Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=ELF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "ELF", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=ELF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();