e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) posted Return on Capital Employed of 3.64% for Q1 2026, down 55.29% on a QoQ basis from 8.14% in Q4 2025, and down 1100.0% year-over-year from 0.36% in Q1 2025.

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

e.l.f. Beauty's Return on Capital Employed history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 3.64% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 1100.0% year-over-year to 3.64% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.64% (down 1100.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 4.96%, down 1066.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 3.64% for Q1 2026 at e.l.f. Beauty, down from 8.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 24.03% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 3.64% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 13.72% and a median of 14.01% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed soared 1351 bps — and 2026, when it slumped 1100 bps.
  • e.l.f. Beauty's Return on Capital Employed stood at 13.5% in 2022, then soared by 67 bps to 22.52% in 2023, then slumped by 39 bps to 13.66% in 2024, then plunged by 40 bps to 8.14% in 2025, then slumped by 55 bps to 3.64% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ELF's Return on Capital Employed at 3.64% in Q1 2026, 8.14% in Q4 2025, and 8.73% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 22.49%
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - 9.90%
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 30.32%
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 12.45%
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 24.16%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 3.12%
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 14.22%
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 62.17%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -5.54%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 3.64%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.64%
Dec 31, 2025 8.14%
Sep 30, 2025 8.73%
Jun 30, 2025 14.23%
Mar 31, 2025 14.64%
Dec 31, 2024 13.66%
Sep 30, 2024 14.01%
Jun 30, 2024 16.11%
Mar 31, 2024 18.26%
Dec 31, 2023 22.52%
Sep 30, 2023 24.03%
Jun 30, 2023 20.76%
Mar 31, 2023 14.57%
Dec 31, 2022 13.50%
Sep 30, 2022 10.52%
Jun 30, 2022 9.05%
Mar 31, 2022 6.96%
Dec 31, 2021 5.99%
Sep 30, 2021 5.43%
Jun 30, 2021 4.28%