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

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.01% for Q1 2026, down 46.96% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q4 2025, and little changed year-over-year from 0.01% in Q1 2025.

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

e.l.f. Beauty's Return on Invested Capital history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.01% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.01% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.01% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 0.03%, down 9.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.01% for Q1 2026 at e.l.f. Beauty, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.06% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.01% and a median of 0.01% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Invested Capital advanced 4 bps — and 2024, when it fell 5 bps.
  • e.l.f. Beauty's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.02% in 2022, then slipped by 14 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then sank by 85 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 387 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then slumped by 47 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ELF's Return on Invested Capital at 0.01% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q4 2025, and 0.01% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 347.73 Bn 335.42 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.00%
2 Unilever 135.08 Bn 124.60 Bn - 0.00%
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.94 Bn 72.60 Bn 3.23 Bn -
4 Kenvue 37.36 Bn 37.26 Bn 2.30 Bn 0.00%
5 Kimberly Clark 37.08 Bn 36.54 Bn 1.53 Bn 0.01%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.61 Bn 26.48 Bn 2.84 Bn -0.02%
7 Church & Dwight 23.41 Bn 22.91 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.02%
8 Clorox 11.80 Bn 10.61 Bn 722.00 Mn -
9 Yatsen Holding 6.28 Bn 6.13 Bn 153.20 Mn -0.01%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.66 Bn 4.37 Bn 326.45 Mn 0.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.01%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.02%
Sep 30, 2023 0.06%
Jun 30, 2023 0.05%
Mar 31, 2023 0.03%
Dec 31, 2022 0.02%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%