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

Company Overview

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is a beauty company that develops, markets and sells cosmetics and skin-care products. Its portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics and e.l.f. SKIN, as well as brands such as Naturium, Well People and Keys Soulcare. Products include makeup, skin-care treatments and related beauty items.

Founded in 2004, the company sells through its own websites and retail partners, including mass-market and specialty beauty stores. Its products are available in the United States and international markets.

Tarang Amin has served as e.l.f. Beauty’s chief executive officer since 2014. The company became publicly traded in 2016.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $113.00 to $119.82
• 50-Day Range: $93.28 to $119.68
• 52-Week Range: $48.82 to $123.13
• Volume: 2.07 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.51 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.99 billion
• P/E Ratio: 81.45
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $118.88
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

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

e.l.f. Beauty scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 72nd out of 169 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 2.78, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for e.l.f. Beauty is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

e.l.f. Beauty has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.42%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for e.l.f. Beauty are expected to grow by 11.42% in the coming year, from $2.89 to $3.22 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of e.l.f. Beauty is 35.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.11.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of e.l.f. Beauty is 35.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 24.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

e.l.f. Beauty has a PEG Ratio of 2.65. 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 5.70. 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

7.28% of the float of e.l.f. Beauty has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

e.l.f. Beauty has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.43, 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 5.37%, 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.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.01

News Sentiment

e.l.f. Beauty has a news sentiment score of 1.01. 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 0.61 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for e.l.f. Beauty this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 38 people have searched for ELF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -27% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added e.l.f. Beauty to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 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 $9,624,513.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.50% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/04/2026
• Today: 11/14/2026
• Fireside chat: 11/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Personal Care Products
• Sub-Industry: Personal Care Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ELF
• CIK: 1600033
• Web: www.elfcosmetics.com
• Phone: (510) 778-7787
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 849
• Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for e.l.f. Beauty: $118.88
• High Price Target: $139.00
• Low Price Target: $68.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.78
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.45
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 81.45
• Forward P/E Ratio: 36.68
• P/E Growth: 2.65
• Net Income: $26.32 million
• Net Margins: 4.47%
• Pretax Margin: 6.74%
• Return on Equity: 16.40%
• Return on Assets: 7.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.65
• Current Ratio: 2.57
• Quick Ratio: 1.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.60
• Cash Flow: $3.49 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 33.84
• Book Value: $20.72 per share
• Price / Book: 5.70

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 59,148,000
• Free Float: 57,078,000
• Market Cap: $6.99 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.61