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How e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stacks up
ELF · against 820 other Consumer Defensive companies
Profitability
39/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #498 of 821 · scores higher than 39% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score82 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 · 761 reported | 6.1% | 7.7% | 43% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 817 reported | 7.2% | 7.6% | 48% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 784 reported | 2.4% | 4.0% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 770 reported | 6.0% | 8.3% | 39% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 824 reported | 71.6% | 32.0% | 96% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ELF| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 498 | 6.1B CNY (≈$851M) | 39 | 46 | |
| 498 | 6.6B CNY (≈$928M) | 39 | 36 | |
| 498 | 53.1B JPY (≈$361M) | 39 | 57 | |
| 498 | 6.6B CHF (≈$7.6B) | 39 | 47 | |
| 498 | 6.6B USD | 39 | 43 | |
| 498 | 3.8B CAD (≈$2.8B) | 39 | 31 | |
| 506 | 2.33T KRW (≈$1.7B) | 38 | 66 | |
| 506 | 336.6B JPY (≈$2.3B) | 38 | 55 | |
| 506 | 242.6B KRW (≈$175M) | 38 | 70 |
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