e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF – Get Free Report) had its price objective lifted by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from $100.00 to $132.00 in a report issued on Monday, Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 15.13% from the stock’s previous close.
Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the company. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on e.l.f. Beauty from $105.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 7th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $116.00 price objective on shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a report on Thursday. B. Riley Financial restated a “buy” rating and set a $115.00 price objective (up from $100.00) on shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a report on Wednesday, September 16th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $90.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $100.00 price objective on shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $107.12.
e.l.f. Beauty Trading Up 1.0%
e.l.f. Beauty stock traded up $1.12 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $114.66. The stock had a trading volume of 41,639 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,527,682. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 2.55 and a quick ratio of 1.82. e.l.f. Beauty has a twelve month low of $48.82 and a twelve month high of $137.52. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $102.01 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $78.99. The firm has a market cap of $6.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 114.38, a PEG ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 1.61.
e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $1.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.71 by $1.04. e.l.f. Beauty had a net margin of 3.38% and a return on equity of 14.07%. The company had revenue of $479.37 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $431.20 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 35.5% compared to the same quarter last year. e.l.f. Beauty has set its FY 2027 guidance at 3.500-3.550 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that e.l.f. Beauty will post 2.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling at e.l.f. Beauty
In other news, insider Kory Marchisotto sold 12,173 shares of e.l.f. Beauty stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $88.02, for a total transaction of $1,071,467.46. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 169,695 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,936,553.90. This trade represents a 6.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Lauren Levitan sold 1,034 shares of e.l.f. Beauty stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $93.15, for a total transaction of $96,317.10. Following the sale, the director owned 10,516 shares in the company, valued at approximately $979,565.40. This represents a 8.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 96,068 shares of company stock worth $9,822,932 over the last three months. 3.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Institutional Trading of e.l.f. Beauty
Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Continuum Advisory LLC purchased a new position in shares of e.l.f. Beauty in the 2nd quarter worth about $31,000. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of e.l.f. Beauty in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in e.l.f. Beauty by 378.5% during the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 713 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 564 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC purchased a new stake in shares of e.l.f. Beauty during the second quarter worth about $56,000. Finally, Triumph Capital Management bought a new position in e.l.f. Beauty during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $74,000. 92.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About e.l.f. Beauty
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc is a cosmetics and skin-care company that develops, markets and sells beauty products through mass retailers, specialty beauty stores, e-commerce platforms and its own websites. Its portfolio includes makeup, skin-care, body-care and related beauty products designed to offer accessible pricing and broad consumer appeal.
The company’s principal brand is e.l.f. Cosmetics, which offers products such as complexion makeup, eye cosmetics, lip products, brushes and skin-care items.
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