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 Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.470-3.530 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.510. 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 $3.47-$3.53 EPS.

e.l.f. Beauty Stock Performance

Shares of ELF traded down $3.02 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $104.12. 6,554,832 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,848,040. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a current ratio of 1.77. e.l.f. Beauty has a 1-year low of $92.16 and a 1-year high of $221.83. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $113.74 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $156.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.87 billion, a PE ratio of 49.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.44.

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 the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $324.48 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $303.60 million. e.l.f. Beauty had a net margin of 10.80% and a return on equity of 23.30%. Equities research analysts predict that e.l.f. Beauty will post 2.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on ELF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on e.l.f. Beauty from $207.00 to $167.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 11th. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $184.00 to $139.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 30th. Baird R W upgraded shares of e.l.f. Beauty from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 18th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $260.00 to $162.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 16th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their target price on e.l.f. Beauty from $235.00 to $150.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $183.80.

Insider Activity at e.l.f. Beauty

In other e.l.f. Beauty news, CEO Tarang Amin sold 23,528 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.45, for a total transaction of $3,210,395.60. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 106,016 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,465,883.20. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 3.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.