Coty
COTY · Personal Care Products
$3.23
0.6%e.l.f. Beauty
ELF · Personal Care Products
$114.24
0.7%The short version
- Coty is the larger business, with $5.8B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $1.6B for e.l.f. Beauty, about 3.5 times as much.
- e.l.f. Beauty grew revenue faster (24.6%, against −1.5%).
- e.l.f. Beauty kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.5% operating margin, against −1.4% operating margin).
- e.l.f. Beauty turned more of its sales into free cash flow (11.6% FCF margin, against 6.0% FCF margin).
- e.l.f. Beauty earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (3.8%, against −1.0%).
| Latest fiscal year | COTY · FY26 | ELF · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.8B | $6.8B |
| Revenue | $5.8B | $1.6B |
| Free cash flow | $348M | $190M |
| Net income | −$605M | $26.3M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −1.5% | 24.6% |
| 5-year growth | 4.6% | 38.8% |
| Share count change | 0.8% | 1.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 62.9% | 70.7% |
| Operating margin | −1.4% | 4.5% |
| Net margin | −10.4% | 1.6% |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 11.6% |
| Return on capital | −1.0% | 3.8% |
| Return on equity | −18.5% | 2.8% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.9B | $552M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.3x | 3.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $13.2M | $50.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 114.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 4 |
FY17
COTY $7.7B
ELF $270M
FY18
COTY $6.8B
ELF $267M
FY19
COTY $6.3B
ELF —
FY20
COTY $4.7B
ELF $283M
FY21
COTY $4.6B
ELF $318M
FY22
COTY $5.3B
ELF $392M
FY23
COTY $5.6B
ELF $579M
FY24
COTY $6.1B
ELF $1.0B
FY25
COTY $5.9B
ELF $1.3B
FY26
COTY $5.8B
ELF $1.6B
COTY
ELF
FY17
COTY −5.5%
ELF 12.3%
FY18
COTY −2.3%
ELF 9.8%
FY19
COTY −58.7%
ELF —
FY20
COTY −26.2%
ELF 10.6%
FY21
COTY −1.1%
ELF 3.0%
FY22
COTY 4.5%
ELF 7.6%
FY23
COTY 9.8%
ELF 11.8%
FY24
COTY 8.9%
ELF 14.6%
FY25
COTY 4.1%
ELF 12.0%
FY26
COTY −1.4%
ELF 4.5%
COTY
ELF
FY17
COTY $325M
ELF $4.8M
FY18
COTY −$32.7M
ELF $46.7M
FY19
COTY $213M
ELF —
FY20
COTY −$318M
ELF $34.9M
FY21
COTY $145M
ELF $23.0M
FY22
COTY $553M
ELF $14.7M
FY23
COTY $403M
ELF $100M
FY24
COTY $369M
ELF $62.5M
FY25
COTY $278M
ELF $115M
FY26
COTY $348M
ELF $190M
COTY
ELF
FY17
COTY −3.3%
ELF 10.6%
FY18
COTY −0.8%
ELF 6.8%
FY19
COTY −20.7%
ELF —
FY20
COTY −8.5%
ELF —
FY21
COTY −0.4%
ELF 2.8%
FY22
COTY 1.9%
ELF 7.2%
FY23
COTY 5.2%
ELF 18.1%
FY24
COTY 3.7%
ELF 23.5%
FY25
COTY 2.5%
ELF 14.6%
FY26
COTY −1.0%
ELF 3.8%
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