Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. ELF
$104.68 +0.57% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $6.17B
Strong growthHigh qualityExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 104.6× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.76B, up 31.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 24.6% a quarter earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.00, down 40.8% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 5%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 6%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 46%
- Gross marginTop 5%
- Operating marginTop 34%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Interest coverBottom 42%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 39%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 8%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 9%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 31%
- 6-month returnTop 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 37%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 5%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 11%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 3%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 17%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 24.6% | 31.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -76.0% | -40.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 70.7% | 74.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 10.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 10.1% | 15.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 31.2% | 24.6% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -40.8% | -76.0% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Gross margin | 74.4% | 70.7% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 11.6% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 7.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.9% | 10.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1% | — | Bottom 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 41.4% | — | Top 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 5.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -30.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.60×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.47%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.47%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +3.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +61.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $94.55
- Target vs current price
- -9.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 29
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 48%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +145.1% | -1.7% | +8.1% | +20.2% | — |
| May 20, 2026 | +9.0% | -4.3% | +8.3% | +17.6% | +72.6% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +69.9% | -0.2% | -13.6% | -5.3% | -24.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +19.9% | -0.4% | -34.1% | -32.1% | -27.2% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +6.5% | +0.5% | +6.3% | +18.5% | +15.6% |
| May 28, 2025 | +8.2% | -1.3% | +25.1% | +36.8% | +26.8% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -2.6% | +1.3% | -14.0% | -26.2% | -22.1% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +79.1% | -2.8% | +22.6% | +27.3% | -17.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $1.75 | $0.71 | +145.1% | $479.4M |
| May 20, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.29 | +9.0% | $449.3M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.24 | $0.73 | +69.9% | $489.5M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.68 | $0.57 | +19.9% | $343.9M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.89 | $0.84 | +6.5% | $353.7M |
| May 28, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.72 | +8.2% | $332.6M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.76 | -2.6% | $355.3M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.77 | $0.43 | +79.1% | $301.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 104.6× | 75.2× | 90th | Bottom 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 28.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 30.4× | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| EV / Sales | 3.83× | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.54% | — | — | Bottom 39% |
| Earnings yield | 0.96% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 42.1× – 124.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -22.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -40.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +56.1%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 79
- Days above the 200-day average
- 49
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +11.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +8.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +33.7%
- RSI (14)
- 60.6
- Relative volume
- 0.71×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 49.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 33th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -27.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -77.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 5, 2026 | -77.3% | 486 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 31, 2021 | May 24, 2022 | -36.6% | 99 days | 38 days (Jul 20, 2022) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 | -33.2% | 42 days | 30 days (Dec 13, 2023) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | May 20, 2024 | -29.3% | 55 days | 26 days (Jun 27, 2024) |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -19.8% | 59 days | 70 days (Oct 26, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.17B
- P/E (TTM)
- 104.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.00
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.76B
- 52-week range
- $48.82 – $147.75
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $392.2M | $578.8M | $1.02B | $1.31B | $1.64B |
| Gross profit | $251.7M | $390.4M | $724.1M | $935.7M | $1.16B |
| Operating income | $29.8M | $68.1M | $149.7M | $158.0M | $131.3M |
| Net income | $21.8M | $61.5M | $127.7M | $112.1M | $26.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.41 | $1.11 | $2.21 | $1.92 | $0.44 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $301.1M | $355.3M | $332.6M | $353.7M | $343.9M | $489.5M | $449.3M | $479.4M |
| Net income | $19.0M | $17.3M | $28.3M | $33.3M | $3.0M | $39.4M | -$49.4M | $66.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.33 | $0.30 | $0.48 | $0.58 | $0.05 | $0.65 | -$0.82 | $1.12 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $19.5M | $101.9M | $71.2M | $133.8M | $212.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.8M | -$1.7M | -$8.7M | -$18.5M | -$22.4M |
| Free cash flow | $14.7M | $100.2M | $62.5M | $115.3M | $190.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $1.7M | $8.1M | $5.6M | -$66.1M | -$44.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $344.2M
- Total assets
- $2.46B
- Total liabilities
- $1.29B
- Total debt
- $921.7M
- Net debt
- $577.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.17B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,217,601
- Days to cover
- 2.67
- Change vs previous report
- -4.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.