e.l.f. Beauty Inc (NYSE: ELF) is -42.84% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $63.50 and a high of $221.83 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ELF stock was last observed hovering at around $72.80 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.04%.
Currently trading at $71.76, the stock is -11.78% and -33.72% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.5 million and changing -1.43% at the moment leaves the stock -48.61% off its SMA200. ELF registered -61.41% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -58.02%.
The stock witnessed a -31.27% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -41.41%, and is -1.85% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.64% over the week and 5.94% over the month.
e.l.f. Beauty Inc (ELF) has around 475 employees, a market worth around $4.05B and $1.30B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 42.67 and Fwd P/E is 19.64. Profit margin for the company is 7.55%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.01% and -67.65% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.15%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 4.87% this year
The shares outstanding are 56.40M, and float is at 53.53M with Short Float at 10.78%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 5.24 million shares valued at $$1.1 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5706 of the ELF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 5.08 million shares valued at $$1.07 billion to account for 9.2711 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO which holds 3.8 million shares representing 6.797 and valued at over $$801.69 million, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 5.6934 of the shares totaling 3.12 million with a market value of $$656.81 million.
e.l.f. Beauty Inc (ELF) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Levitan Lauren Cooks, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Levitan Lauren Cooks sold 4,900 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 24 ’25 at a price of $75.89 per share for a total of $0.37 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 14027.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 06 ’24, AMIN TARANG (Chief Executive Officer) disposed off 890 shares at an average price of $137.60 for $0.12 million. The insider now directly holds 99,699 shares of e.l.f. Beauty Inc (ELF).
