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

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.270-3.320 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.610. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.3 billion-$1.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.3 billion.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently commented on the stock. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $240.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 21st. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $130.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on e.l.f. Beauty in a research note on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $165.00 price objective on the stock. Piper Sandler cut their price target on e.l.f. Beauty from $167.00 to $131.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Finally, DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $170.00 price target on shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $166.35.

e.l.f. Beauty Trading Up 1.6 %

Shares of ELF stock traded up $1.44 on Thursday, hitting $88.76. The stock had a trading volume of 4,453,131 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,095,604. The firm has a market cap of $5.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 47.98, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.47. e.l.f. Beauty has a twelve month low of $85.41 and a twelve month high of $221.83. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $124.44 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $128.89.

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.34. e.l.f. Beauty had a net margin of 8.87% and a return on equity of 19.34%. The firm had revenue of $301.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $289.43 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.66 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 39.7% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that e.l.f. Beauty will post 2.8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at e.l.f. Beauty

In other e.l.f. Beauty news, insider Scott Milsten sold 530 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $137.60, for a total transaction of $72,928.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 68,853 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,474,172.80. This represents a 0.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Maureen C. Watson sold 785 shares of e.l.f. Beauty stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $102,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,888 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $245,440. This trade represents a 29.37 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 2,205 shares of company stock worth $297,442. Corporate insiders own 3.50% of the company’s stock.

e.l.f. Beauty Company Profile

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.