e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.36-$3.41 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.280-$1.300 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.30 billion. e.l.f. Beauty also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.360-3.410 EPS.

e.l.f. Beauty Price Performance

NYSE:ELF opened at $160.83 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $190.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $182.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 72.45, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.46. e.l.f. Beauty has a 12-month low of $88.47 and a 12-month high of $221.83.

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.20. e.l.f. Beauty had a return on equity of 26.64% and a net margin of 12.47%. The company had revenue of $324.48 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $303.60 million. On average, analysts anticipate that e.l.f. Beauty will post 2.84 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on ELF. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on e.l.f. Beauty from $151.00 to $161.00 and gave the company a hold rating in a report on Monday, July 22nd. Piper Sandler reiterated an overweight rating and issued a $260.00 price target (up from $258.00) on shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a research note on Friday. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on e.l.f. Beauty from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research note on Friday. TD Cowen increased their price target on e.l.f. Beauty from $190.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 4th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price target on e.l.f. Beauty from $250.00 to $230.00 and set a buy rating for the company in a research note on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, e.l.f. Beauty presently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus target price of $217.64.

Insider Transactions at e.l.f. Beauty

In related news, CEO Tarang Amin sold 548 shares of e.l.f. Beauty stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.00, for a total value of $95,900.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 214,507 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $37,538,725. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In other e.l.f. Beauty news, SVP Joshua Allen Franks sold 14,253 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.96, for a total transaction of $2,636,234.88. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 83,182 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,385,342.72. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Tarang Amin sold 548 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.00, for a total transaction of $95,900.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 214,507 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $37,538,725. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 97,390 shares of company stock worth $18,264,873 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 5.20% of the company’s stock.

About e.l.f. Beauty

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.