e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Competitors $143.54 -0.83 (-0.57%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$143.35 -0.19 (-0.13%) As of 07:58 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock ELF vs. LW, SN, COTY, ODD, MBC, IMAX, FOXF, EPC, OLPX, and YSGShould you be buying e.l.f. Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of e.l.f. Beauty include Lamb Weston (LW), SharkNinja (SN), Coty (COTY), ODDITY Tech (ODD), MasterBrand (MBC), IMAX (IMAX), Fox Factory (FOXF), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), Olaplex (OLPX), and Yatsen (YSG). e.l.f. Beauty vs. Its Competitors Lamb Weston SharkNinja Coty ODDITY Tech MasterBrand IMAX Fox Factory Edgewell Personal Care Olaplex Yatsen e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) and Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation. Is ELF or LW more profitable? e.l.f. Beauty has a net margin of 7.29% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.54%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 27.99% beat e.l.f. Beauty's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets e.l.f. Beauty7.29% 16.36% 9.89% Lamb Weston 5.54%27.99%6.43% Does the media prefer ELF or LW? In the previous week, e.l.f. Beauty had 13 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for e.l.f. Beauty and 16 mentions for Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat e.l.f. Beauty's score of 1.01 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment e.l.f. Beauty 20 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Lamb Weston 13 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ELF or LW? Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than e.l.f. Beauty. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than e.l.f. Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratioe.l.f. Beauty$1.31B6.48$112.09M$1.7084.44Lamb Weston$6.45B1.25$357.20M$2.5123.00 Which has more risk & volatility, ELF or LW? e.l.f. Beauty has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders believe in ELF or LW? 92.4% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer ELF or LW? e.l.f. Beauty presently has a consensus price target of $131.73, indicating a potential downside of 8.23%. Lamb Weston has a consensus price target of $65.30, indicating a potential upside of 13.11%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than e.l.f. Beauty.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score e.l.f. Beauty 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.87Lamb Weston 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.30 Summarye.l.f. Beauty beats Lamb Weston on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get e.l.f. Beauty News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ELF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ELF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetrice.l.f. BeautyCOSMETICS&TLTRS IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$8.56B$3.39B$15.97B$21.51BDividend YieldN/A2.38%3.05%3.50%P/E Ratio84.4419.0618.2929.83Price / Sales6.486.7248.1353.44Price / Cash44.4118.2114.8324.76Price / Book10.644.036.134.53Net Income$112.09M-$103.99M$677.14M$998.53M7 Day Performance2.85%-1.18%0.47%1.07%1 Month Performance23.13%31.37%1.44%4.41%1 Year Performance26.84%-22.10%0.39%14.45% e.l.f. Beauty Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELFe.l.f. Beauty3.7346 of 5 stars$143.54-0.6%$131.73-8.2%+24.0%$8.56B$1.31B84.44300Positive NewsLWLamb Weston4.733 of 5 stars$57.15-1.5%$65.30+14.3%-12.5%$7.98B$6.45B22.8310,100Positive NewsSNSharkNinja3.2003 of 5 stars$115.34-1.6%$131.86+14.3%+11.0%$16.28B$5.53B31.513,688Positive NewsCOTYCoty4.8794 of 5 stars$4.29-1.9%$6.19+44.5%-54.3%$3.74B$5.89B-9.7411,636ODDODDITY Tech2.7491 of 5 stars$63.84+1.3%$74.56+16.8%+81.2%$3.56B$647.04M35.46342Positive NewsMBCMasterBrand0.8269 of 5 stars$13.38-1.0%$15.00+12.1%-17.3%$1.70B$2.70B18.5813,000News CoverageShort Interest ↑IMAXIMAX2.6714 of 5 stars$31.12+4.5%$32.80+5.4%+56.9%$1.68B$352.21M52.03780Trending NewsInsider TradeFOXFFox Factory3.2292 of 5 stars$29.56+1.1%$34.86+17.9%-31.2%$1.24B$1.39B-4.894,100News CoveragePositive NewsEPCEdgewell Personal Care4.5228 of 5 stars$22.57-3.5%$29.29+29.7%-43.5%$1.05B$2.25B16.726,700Positive NewsOLPXOlaplex3.5592 of 5 stars$1.48-1.0%$1.88+27.1%-40.9%$983.94M$422.67M37.25170Positive NewsYSGYatsen0.7338 of 5 stars$9.88+5.3%N/A+216.5%$924.42M$464.90M-12.961,350 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Lamb Weston Alternatives SharkNinja Alternatives Coty Alternatives ODDITY Tech Alternatives MasterBrand Alternatives IMAX Alternatives Fox Factory Alternatives Edgewell Personal Care Alternatives Olaplex Alternatives Yatsen Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ELF) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersClaim Your Share of $5.39 BILLION in AI Equity ChecksThe U.S. government just took advantage of Public Law 81-774 to crack down on AI companies... 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