e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) as of December 31, 2025 carries a deeply negative liquidation posture, consistent with MFFAIS's reported CLV of approximately -$974M. The balance sheet is dominated by intangible assets and goodwill that receive zero recovery under liquidation assumptions. Total assets of $2.32B are composed primarily of goodwill ($853M, 37% of assets) and finite-lived intangibles net ($500M, 22% of assets), both zeroed out on liquidation. Adding the indefinite-lived intangible balance brings total goodwill-plus-intangibles to $1.42B, representing approximately 61% of total assets with zero liquidation recovery. Cash of $197M recovers at 100%; AR of $190M recovers at 90-95% (~$171-180M); inventory of $221M recovers at 60% (~$133M); PP&E net of $45M recovers at 50-70% (~$22-31M). Gross recoverable asset pool from tangible and liquid assets is roughly $523-611M against total liabilities of $1.16B at face value. Equity is structurally insolvent on this basis. The primary change since the prior period (Q2 FY2026, period ended September 30, 2025) is the August 2025 rhode acquisition, funded by a new $600M Term Facility (Fifth Amendment). Long-term debt outstanding rose to $849M from an estimated pre-acquisition level below $300M, reflecting $600M of new term loan proceeds partially offset by repayments. The rhode acquisition added approximately $581M in net cash deployed, with the purchase price consideration including $590M cash plus $300M of stock issued. This transaction materially worsened the liquidation posture: the liability stack expanded by ~$600M in new term debt while the asset side added primarily intangibles and goodwill (zero liquidation value). Interest expense run rate increased from ~$3.5M/quarter to ~$12.4M/quarter, confirming the debt service burden. Operating lease obligations of $103.5M total undiscounted future payments remain on the liability stack at face value in liquidation. The filing discusses the rhode acquisition consideration structure ($590.1M cash plus $300.3M stock) in MD&A but the specific fair value allocation between goodwill, identified intangibles, and tangible assets from the acquisition is not separately disclosed in the filed XBRL tags beyond aggregate goodwill and intangibles balances. Tariff headwinds discussed in MD&A (majority of products sourced from China, subject to 25%+ US tariffs since 2019, with additional tariffs announced in 2025) represent an ongoing cost structure risk that affects inventory margins but are not separately quantified in XBRL. The company raised prices globally effective August 1, 2025 in response.
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