Growth Metrics

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 10 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 6.0% year-over-year to 0.08%, compared with a TTM value of 0.08% through Dec 2025, down 6.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.16%, down 11.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.08% for Q4 2025 at e.l.f. Beauty, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.24% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed grew 14bps in 2023, then fell -10bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.06% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 125bps to 0.13% in 2022, then surged by 67bps to 0.23% in 2023, then plummeted by -39bps to 0.14% in 2024, then tumbled by -40bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for ELF at 0.08% in Q4 2025, 0.09% in Q3 2025, and 0.14% in Q2 2025.