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

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.360-3.410 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.410. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.3 billion-$1.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.3 billion. e.l.f. Beauty also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.36-$3.41 EPS.

e.l.f. Beauty Stock Down 14.3 %

NYSE:ELF traded down $26.82 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $161.13. The company had a trading volume of 7,399,280 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,625,412. e.l.f. Beauty has a 12-month low of $88.47 and a 12-month high of $221.83. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 72.58, a PEG ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.46. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $191.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $182.20.

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $324.48 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $303.60 million. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that e.l.f. Beauty will post 2.84 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on ELF. Baird R W raised shares of e.l.f. Beauty from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report on Thursday, July 18th. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 10th. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $200.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 29th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $182.00 to $224.00 and gave the stock an overweight rating in a research report on Monday, July 22nd. One equities 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 given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $217.64.

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

In other news, CEO Tarang Amin sold 42,953 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.96, for a total transaction of $7,944,586.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 258,667 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $47,843,048.32. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In related news, CEO Tarang Amin sold 42,953 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.96, for a total value of $7,944,586.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 258,667 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $47,843,048.32. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Richard G. Wolford sold 11,072 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.13, for a total transaction of $2,005,471.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 12,741 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,307,777.33. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 97,390 shares of company stock valued at $18,264,873. Corporate 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.