e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026)
e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 4.57% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 5.26 percentage points from 9.83% a year earlier but up 2.16 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Mar 31, 2026), e.l.f. Beauty's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 3.21%, down 9.46 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +0.79 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, e.l.f. Beauty's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 12.67% in FY2025 (-6.94 pp), 19.61% in FY2024 (+4.85 pp), 14.76% in FY2023 (+8.43 pp) and 6.33% in FY2022 (+3.91 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has run from a low of 2.41% in fiscal Q4 2026 to a high of 21.96% in fiscal Q2 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined in each of the last nine quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -6.28 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2024, with a gain of 13.12 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2025, with a drop of 9.87 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 2.41% (Q4 2026), 6.03% (Q3 2026) and 6.20% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 390.78 Bn | 342.58 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 17.18% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.96 Bn | 72.79 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 27.58% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 41.21 Bn | 28.31 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 4.45% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 10.61% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.84 Bn | 32.92 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 19.64% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.38 Bn | 24.77 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 13.26% |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.88 Bn | 11.29 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 26.70% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 7.00 Bn | 5.82 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 5.63% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.26 Bn | 4.95 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 10.14% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.38 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 68.81% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.63% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.57% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.41% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.03% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.20% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.83% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.94% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.38% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.09% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.19% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 18.07% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.96% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 20.23% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.06% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.32% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.84% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.69% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.27% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.96% |
API Access
e.l.f. Beauty Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=ELF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=ELF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();