Valuation
26% of the score
16median 13
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is valued at 22.4x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
22.4x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
ELFe.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
$101.85-26% 1Y
$101.85
$49.5752 weeks$146.67
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 61 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. scores higher than 69% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and cycle position, held back by valuation.
Consumer Defensive median 60 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
55median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 9.9% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
9.9%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 3.5%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 17 cents. New capital earned 6.9%, and 247% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
17%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
55median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 2.7% a year over 5 years: new shares
295%
-3%
2.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 37% a year, sales 39%
9512%
-2%
-1.3%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 62
Today's operating margin of 7.2% is 0.65x its normal 11%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.7x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 7.2%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
76median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2.4x a year of EBITDA
524.5x
0.5x
2.4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 20x
1001.5x
12x
20.2x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
91median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.57x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.6x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 10.2% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-10%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.46
72-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.46
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2026.
Household & Personal Products
Ranks #3 of 7 by RyuScore