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 | 336.76 Bn | 292.75 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 29.61% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 67.18 Bn | 62.24 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 410.84% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 33.32 Bn | 21.40 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 4.67% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 33.09 Bn | 28.70 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 15.67% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 31.38 Bn | 28.71 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 105.02% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.37 Bn | 20.90 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 17.46% |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.72 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 349.42% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.17 Bn | 5.15 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 5.18% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.71 Bn | 4.37 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 23.39% |
| 10 | Honest Company | 591.66 Mn | 234.36 Mn | 40.36 Mn | -7.24% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 | -17.57% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -32.27% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -43.35% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -44.32% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -38.36% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -32.52% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -28.58% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -23.39% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -28.06% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -21.57% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -23.56% |
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();