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ELF · CIK 0001600033 · FY2026 live · 2026-03-31

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.

DistressSEC 10-KClassic ZMaterials37th percentile in Materials · 260 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2026

1.46

Zone

Distress

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

Meridian Rank

57

0–100 · Classic Z tape · not a PD

  • Book standing

    54

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    65

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today. Not a live recompute.

  • MARKET PD UNAVAILABLE

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    • mertonPd: — → —

1.46

Z″ 2.18

−21.83.08+

Score 1.46 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    0.19
    1.2 × = 0.23

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    −0.07
    1.4 × = −0.09

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    0.03
    3.3 × = 0.10

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    0.89
    0.6 × = 0.54

  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    0.68
    1 × = 0.68

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings rather than invent a series.

Overview

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e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is on classic Z at 1.46 (distress) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Sales / assets is the line that sets the print; book equity / liabilities is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers; buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers, and X4 is book equity, not market cap.

Book screen Distress; market PD —. Tape not priced — not a single default call.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 37th percentile in Materials.

KPI widgets

Current assets

$789M

Total assets

$2.4B

Current liabilities

$336M

Total liabilities

$1.3B

Working capital

$453M

Retained earnings

−$156M

EBIT

$74M

Total sales

$1.6B

Book equity

$1.1B

Accession 0001600033-26-000020. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-03-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.