e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.200-3.250 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.510. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.2 billion-$1.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.3 billion. e.l.f. Beauty also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.20-3.25 EPS.

e.l.f. Beauty Price Performance

NYSE:ELF traded down $3.32 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $155.65. 2,845,730 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,543,395. e.l.f. Beauty has a 1 year low of $83.80 and a 1 year high of $221.83. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $174.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $159.38. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The company has a market cap of $8.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 70.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.60.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have weighed in on ELF shares. DA Davidson reiterated a buy rating and set a $220.00 price objective on shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a research report on Monday, April 8th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $167.00 to $151.00 and set a hold rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $168.00 to $184.00 and gave the stock an equal weight rating in a report on Wednesday, February 7th. StockNews.com cut shares of e.l.f. Beauty from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Wednesday, February 7th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price target on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Wednesday, March 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $184.46.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Joshua Allen Franks sold 727 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $165.16, for a total value of $120,071.32. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 83,736 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $13,829,837.76. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. In other e.l.f. Beauty news, SVP Joshua Allen Franks sold 727 shares of e.l.f. Beauty stock in a transaction on Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $165.16, for a total transaction of $120,071.32. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 83,736 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $13,829,837.76. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Tarang Amin sold 6,832 shares of e.l.f. Beauty stock in a transaction on Friday, April 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.63, for a total transaction of $1,111,088.16. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 228,175 shares in the company, valued at approximately $37,108,100.25. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 201,600 shares of company stock valued at $34,307,124. 5.20% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

e.l.f. Beauty Company Profile

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides cosmetic and skin care products under the e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. Skin, Well People, and Keys Soulcare brand names worldwide. The company offers eye, lip, face, face, paw, 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.

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