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Cosmetics Investment & M&A Transaction Comps
Explore investment and M&A transactions tagged cosmetics. Compare companies, buyers, dates and available valuation multiples, with reported, estimated or rumored figures clearly labelled in each comp.
Coverage includes published FundComb transactions carrying this tag. Each comp preserves its own source notes and valuation basis.
- Reviewed transactions
- 19
- With value data
- 15
- With revenue multiples
- 13
- Transaction years
- 1994–2025
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Acquisition EV, USD
USD 19B
Investment EV, USD
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Median EV / revenue
5.4x
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Values are 100% enterprise values. Multiples divide EV by full-company revenue or EBITDA. Reported prices are assumed to be EV; explicit partial-stake prices are grossed up as estimates. Amounts paid are tracked separately, and a financing without a reported valuation shows its amount raised, not an EV.
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| Color Wow Control (100%) | 2025-06-30 | L'Oréal S.A. | USD 1.0B Consideration | 1,000 | 3.3x | - | United States & United Kingdom | Estimated 1 source | ||
| The Body Shop Control | 2023-11-14 | AURELIUS | GBP 207M Enterprise Value | 254 | - | - | United Kingdom | Confirmed 1 source | ||
| COSRX Control (38%) | 2023-10-30 | Amorepacific | USD 1.0B Enterprise Value | 1,000 | 3.6x | - | South Korea | Confirmed 2 sources | ||
| Aesop Control | 2023-04-03 | L’Oréal | EUR 2.2B Consideration | 2,500 | 4.4x | 24.7x | Australia | Confirmed 2 sources | ||
| Ilia Beauty Control | 2022-02-01 | Courtin-Clarins family / Clarins | EUR 612M Enterprise Value | 689 | 7.0x | 20.0x | - | Estimated 2 sources | ||
| Chantecaille Control | 2021-12-21 | Beiersdorf | EUR 609M Enterprise Value | 688 | 4.6x | 15.3x | - | Confirmed 1 source | ||
| Milk Makeup Control | 2021-11-15 | Waldencast Acquisition Corp. | EUR 337M Enterprise Value | 386 | 5.8x | - | US (NY) | Estimated 1 source | ||
| Charlotte Tilbury Control (73%) | 2020-06-04 | Puig | EUR 1.5B Enterprise Value | 1,713 | 6.0x | - | United Kingdom | Confirmed 5 sources | ||
| Wella Company (Coty Professional and Retail Hair) Control (60%) | 2020-05-11 | KKR & Co. Inc. | USD 4.3B Enterprise Value | 4,300 | 1.8x | 12.3x | Global | Confirmed 1 source | ||
| King Kylie, LLC (Kylie beauty business) Control (51%) | 2019-11-18 | Coty Inc. | USD 1.2B Enterprise Value | 1,176 | 6.7x | 26.6x | United States | Confirmed 3 sources | ||
| Filorga Control | 2019-07-11 | Colgate-Palmolive | EUR 1.5B Equity Purchase Price | 1,690 | 8.3x | - | France | Confirmed 4 sources | ||
| Too Faced Control (100%) | 2016-11-14 | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. | USD 1.4B Enterprise Value | 1,450 | 5.4x | - | United States | Confirmed 2 sources | ||
| BECCA Cosmetics Control (100%) | 2016-10-21 | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | - | - | United States | Estimated 1 source | ||
| IT Cosmetics, LLC Control (100%) | 2016-07-22 | L'Oréal S.A. | USD 1.2B Consideration | 1,200 | 6.6x | - | United States | Confirmed 1 source | ||
| NYX Cosmetics Control (100%) | 2014-06-18 | L'Oréal S.A. | USD 500M Consideration | 500 | 5.4x | - | United States | Estimated 1 source | ||
| Urban Decay Cosmetics Control (100%) | 2012-11-26 | L'Oréal S.A. | USD 350M Consideration | 350 | 2.7x | - | United States | Estimated 1 source | ||
| Smashbox Cosmetics Control | 2010-05-17 | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. | USD 256M Consideration | 256 | - | - | Los Angeles, California, United States | Confirmed 3 sources | ||
| Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Control | 1995 | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | - | - | - | Confirmed 13 sources | ||
| M·A·C Control | 1994 | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | - | - | - | Confirmed 2 sources |
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