Honest Company (HNST) Return on Equity [ROE] (2021 - 2026)
Honest Company (HNST) reported Return on Equity [ROE] of -7.24% for Q2 2026, down 10.77 percentage points from 3.53% a year earlier but up 3.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Honest Company (HNST) Return on Equity [ROE] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Honest Company posted Return on Equity [ROE] of -9.12%, down 5.00 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has a three-year change of +21.00 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at -4.12% in FY2024 (+25.00 pp), -29.12% in FY2023 (+1.00 pp) and -30.12% in FY2022.
- Five-year quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] spans a low of -44.32% in Q2 2023 and a high of 3.75% in Q3 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Equity [ROE] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +9.94 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Equity [ROE] in five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 40.18 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2023 (a drop of 20.94 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -11.21% (Q1 2026), -8.72% (Q4 2025) and 3.75% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 390.78 Bn | 342.58 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 29.40% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.96 Bn | 72.79 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 360.53% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 41.21 Bn | 28.31 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 9.38% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 16.32% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.84 Bn | 32.92 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 134.80% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.38 Bn | 24.77 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 17.55% |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.88 Bn | 11.29 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 371.05% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 7.00 Bn | 5.82 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 7.23% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.26 Bn | 4.95 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 21.97% |
| 10 | Honest Company | 606.81 Mn | 218.01 Mn | 38.07 Mn | 36.46% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 36.46% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -7.24% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -11.21% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -8.72% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.75% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.53% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.83% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.98% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -3.17% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -9.77% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -17.56% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -32.25% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -43.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -44.23% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -38.29% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -32.52% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -28.63% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -23.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -28.13% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -21.65% |
API Access
Honest Company Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=HNST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "HNST", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=HNST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();