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ELF vs UL

Side-by-side comparison of e.l.f. Beauty Inc. (ELF) and Unilever PLC (UL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ELF and UL operate in Package Goods/Cosmetics (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • UL is the larger of the two at $126.63B, about 43.0x ELF ($2.95B).
  • Over the past year, ELF is down 57.5% and UL is down 19.6% - UL leads by 37.8 points.
  • ELF has been more active in the news (16 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for UL).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceELF-57.46%UL-19.63%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricELFUL
Company
e.l.f. Beauty Inc.
Unilever PLC
Price
$49.58-3.63%
$56.71+3.03%
Market cap
$2.95B
$126.63B
1M return
-19.32%
-5.01%
1Y return
-57.46%
-19.63%
Industry
Package Goods/Cosmetics
Package Goods/Cosmetics
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2016
2025
News (4w)
16
3
Recent ratings
25
25
ELF

e.l.f. Beauty Inc.

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cosmetic and skin care products under the e.l.f., W3LL PEOPLE, and Keys Soulcare brand names worldwide. The company offers eye, lip, face, and skin care products. It sells its products through national and international retailers and direct-to-consumer channels, which include e-commerce platforms in the United States; and internationally primarily through distributors. The company was formerly known as J.A. Cosmetics Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. in April 2016. e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.

UL

Unilever PLC

Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Beauty & Personal Care segment provides skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and skin cleansing products under the Axe, Clear, Dove, Lifebuoy, Lux, Pond's, Rexona, Signal, Suave, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, and Vaseline brands. The Foods & Refreshment segment offers ice cream, soups, bouillons, seasonings, mayonnaise, ketchups, and tea categories under the Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Brooke Bond, Heart (Wall's), Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, Magnum, The Vegetarian Butcher, and Unilever Food Solutions brands. The Home Care segment provides fabric solutions, and home care and hygiene products under the Cif, Omo, Persil, Domestos, Seventh Generation, and Sunlight brands. Unilever PLC was incorporated in 1894 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

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