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How e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stacks up
ELF · against 122 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
39/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #102 of 123 · scores higher than 16% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score11 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including ELF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 39?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, which is weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 67% of peers. Return on assets: 2.4% vs peer median 4.0%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.1% vs peer median 7.7%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.2% vs peer median 7.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ELF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ELF | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 119 reported | 6.1% | 11.9% | 19% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 123 reported | 7.2% | 9.2% | 35% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 117 reported | 2.4% | 5.4% | 13% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 117 reported | 6.0% | 12.6% | 20% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 123 reported | 71.6% | 36.8% | 97% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ELFScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score