William Blair Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE:ELF)

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE:ELF) – Research analysts at William Blair decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a research report issued on Wednesday, June 26th. William Blair analyst J. Andersen now anticipates that the company will earn $0.68 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.81. The consensus estimate for e.l.f. Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $2.85 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for e.l.f. Beauty’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.75 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on ELF. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and set a $210.00 price objective on shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a research note on Monday. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price objective on shares of e.l.f. Beauty in a research report on Monday, June 3rd. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of e.l.f. Beauty from $200.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 29th. TD Cowen upped their target price on e.l.f. Beauty from $190.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 4th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price target on e.l.f. Beauty from $214.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, e.l.f. Beauty has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $198.93.

e.l.f. Beauty Stock Performance

NYSE ELF opened at $204.46 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. e.l.f. Beauty has a 12-month low of $88.47 and a 12-month high of $221.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $178.79 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $173.37. The company has a market capitalization of $11.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 92.10, a P/E/G ratio of 5.29 and a beta of 1.54.

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 22nd. The company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $321.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $292.47 million. e.l.f. Beauty had a return on equity of 26.64% and a net margin of 12.47%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other e.l.f. Beauty news, CEO Tarang Amin sold 6,832 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.63, for a total transaction of $1,111,088.16. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 228,175 shares in the company, valued at approximately $37,108,100.25. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. In other news, CEO Tarang Amin sold 6,832 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $162.63, for a total transaction of $1,111,088.16. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 228,175 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $37,108,100.25. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Joshua Allen Franks sold 727 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $165.16, for a total value of $120,071.32. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 83,736 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,829,837.76. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 256,167 shares of company stock valued at $44,029,811. 5.20% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in e.l.f. Beauty by 235.8% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,414,601 shares of the company’s stock valued at $265,196,000 after acquiring an additional 1,695,585 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its position in e.l.f. Beauty by 641.2% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 832,404 shares of the company’s stock valued at $91,423,000 after buying an additional 720,098 shares during the last quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC purchased a new position in e.l.f. Beauty during the 1st quarter worth $133,940,000. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of e.l.f. Beauty in the 4th quarter worth $95,611,000. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of e.l.f. Beauty in the first quarter valued at about $61,299,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.44% of the company’s stock.

e.l.f. Beauty Company Profile

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.