e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of inclusive, accessible, clean, vegan and cruelty free cosmetics and skin care products. The company focuses on the e-commerce, national retailers and international business channels. Its brands include elf, elf skin, WELL People and KEYS soulcare. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $112.00 to $118.94
• 50-Day Range: $99.90 to $130.75
• 52-Week Range: $49.40 to $172.49
• Volume: 1.92 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.72 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.56 billion
• P/E Ratio: 68.04
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $123.81
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

e.l.f. Beauty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

e.l.f. Beauty scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 27th out of 294 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

e.l.f. Beauty has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on 12 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

e.l.f. Beauty has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.17%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for e.l.f. Beauty are expected to grow by 20.17% in the coming year, from $2.38 to $2.86 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of e.l.f. Beauty is 69.24, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.20.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of e.l.f. Beauty is 69.24, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 18.85.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

e.l.f. Beauty has a PEG Ratio of 2.40. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

e.l.f. Beauty has a P/B Ratio of 8.73. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.83% of the outstanding shares of e.l.f. Beauty have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

e.l.f. Beauty has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in e.l.f. Beauty has recently decreased by 15.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

e.l.f. Beauty does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

e.l.f. Beauty does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.56

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.83% of the outstanding shares of e.l.f. Beauty have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

e.l.f. Beauty has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in e.l.f. Beauty has recently decreased by 15.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.18

News Sentiment

e.l.f. Beauty has a news sentiment score of 1.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 65 news articles for e.l.f. Beauty this week, compared to 24 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

66 people have searched for ELF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 78% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

17 people have added e.l.f. Beauty to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 89% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, e.l.f. Beauty insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $14,547,949.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.90% of the stock of e.l.f. Beauty is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.44% of the stock of e.l.f. Beauty is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ELF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ELF shares performed this year?

e.l.f. Beauty's stock was trading at $125.55 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ELF shares have decreased by 6.2% and is now trading at $117.78.

How were e.l.f. Beauty's earnings last quarter?

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 6th. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.05. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did e.l.f. Beauty IPO?

e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) raised $124 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, September 22nd 2016. The company issued 8,300,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley served as the underwriters for the IPO and Piper Jaffray, Wells Fargo Securities, William Blair, Cowen and Company, BMO Capital Markets, Stifel and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Who are e.l.f. Beauty's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of e.l.f. Beauty include Geode Capital Management LLC (1.70%), Congress Asset Management Co. (1.68%), Swedbank AB (1.23%) and Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC (0.89%). Insiders that own company stock include Tarang Amin, Kory Marchisotto, Joshua Allen Franks, Mandy J Fields, Scott Milsten, Jennifer Catherine Hartnett, Richard G Wolford, Lauren Cooks Levitan, Tiffany F Daniele and Maureen C Watson.
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How do I buy shares of e.l.f. Beauty?

Shares of ELF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of e.l.f. Beauty own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that e.l.f. Beauty investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Arista Networks (ANET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2025
• Today: 8/12/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: COSMETICS&TLTRS
• Sub-Industry: Consumer Goods
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ELF
• CIK: 1600033
• Web: www.elfcosmetics.com
• Phone: (510) 778-7787
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 300
• Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for e.l.f. Beauty: $123.81
• High Price Target: $150.00
• Low Price Target: $75.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.70
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 65.59
• Forward P/E Ratio: 46.85
• P/E Growth: 2.4
• Net Income: $112.09 million
• Net Margins: 7.29%
• Pretax Margin: 11.12%
• Return on Equity: 16.36%
• Return on Assets: 9.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.32
• Current Ratio: 3.26
• Quick Ratio: 2.34

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.31 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.82
• Cash Flow: $3.56 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 31.30
• Book Value: $13.49 per share
• Price / Book: 8.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 56,740,000
• Free Float: 54,522,000
• Market Cap: $6.33 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.57