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How e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stacks up
ELF · against 121 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Valuation
18/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #111 of 122 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score11 peers with a valuation score of 10–19, including ELF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 18?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield, earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 83% of peers. EBITDA yield: 3.1% vs peer median 8.7%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 78% of peers. Earnings yield: 0.9% vs peer median 4.5%
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 65% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 4.3% vs peer median 6.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 118 reported | 0.9% | 5.0% | 9% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 122 reported | 2.9% | 8.8% | 7% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 49 reported | 4.3% | 6.7% | 23% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 115 reported | 17.8% | 43.0% | 18% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ELF| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34.8B HKD (≈$4.5B) | 96 | 75 | |
| 1 | 57.07T IDR (≈$3.5B) | 96 | 75 | |
| 3 | 56.3B HKD (≈$7.2B) | 95 | 71 | |
| 4 | 7.2B USD | 92 | 72 | |
| 5 | 3.8B EUR (≈$4.2B) | 88 | 70 | |
| 107 | 849.3B INR (≈$10.2B) | 20 | 56 | |
| 107 | 8.2B USD | 20 | 17 | |
| 109 | 29.8B HKD (≈$3.8B) | 19 | 76 | |
| 109 | 1.52T JPY (≈$10.4B) | 19 | 24 | |
| 111 | 6.6B USD | 18 | 43 | |
| 112 | 58.1B CNY (≈$8.1B) | 17 | 39 | |
| 112 | 826.9B JPY (≈$5.6B) | 17 | 49 | |
| 112 | 533.2B JPY (≈$3.6B) | 17 | 40 | |
| 115 | 11.2B EUR (≈$12.3B) | 15 | 56 |
Scores 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