The valuation more than doubled when growth was surging, so what will happen now that it's slowing? Shares of cosmetics company e.l.f. Beauty (ELF 0.30%) have quickly plunged about 26% from recent highs and it's because the growth rate has suddenly come crashing down for this high-growth business. On Aug. 8, e.l.f. Beauty's management actually raised its full-year revenue guidance. Previously, it had expected net sales of $1.23 billion, at most, for its fiscal 2025 (which ends in March 2025). Now it expects ...

The stock has fallen quickly. Should you buy some shares? Earlier in 2024, e.l.f. Beauty (ELF 0.78%) hit a 1,000% return over the last five years and an all-time high. It has since fallen 29%. After it reported its latest quarterly earnings, investors decided to sell off the stock due to disappointing forward revenue guidance. There has been no help from the broad market either, with growth stocks in a downtrend this summer. Taking a longer view, e.l.f. Beauty has grown its sales like gangbusters in the las ...

The stock sank despite the company raising its full-year guidance. Shares of e.l.f. Beauty (ELF -2.16%) sank after the cosmetic company's guidance failed to excite investors. The stock is still up by over 40% in the past year even after the recent pullback. Let's go beyond the surface and see if see if the pullback in the stock is a good opportunity to buy shares. Strong fiscal Q1 revenue growth For its fiscal first quarter, e.l.f. soared past analyst estimates, with quarterly sales jumping 50% to $324.5 mi ...

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e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock. Over the past month, shares of this cosmetics company have returned -21.4%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -3.2% change. During this period, the Zacks Cosmetics industry, which e.l.f. Beauty falls in, has lost 14%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future direction? While media relea ...

Key Takeaways E.l.f. Beauty's fiscal year 2025 guidance fell short of analyst expectations, sending shares sharply lower on Friday. The beauty products maker posted a quarterly profit and sales well above forecasts. E.l.f. benefited from higher prices and volumes. Shares of e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) tumbled on Friday after the cosmetics and beauty products maker gave a weakerthan-expected outlook after posting a monster quarter. E.l.f. sees full-year adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.36 to $3.41, and revenu ...

The beauty brand posted strong growth in the second quarter, but it wasn't enough for Wall Street. It has been a wild week for e.l.f. Beauty (ELF -14.87%) shareholders. After rising earlier in the week along with the broad market, the stock dropped by 15% after the company posted second-quarter earnings. An affordable beauty brand, e.l.f. Beauty is posting strong growth and expanding rapidly internationally. However, its results were below Wall Street's expectations for the high-priced stock. Here's why e.l ...

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. ELF reported first-quarter results on Thursday. e.l.f. Beauty raised its fiscal year outlook to reflect an expected 25% – 27% year-over-year increase in net sales, as compared to an expected 20% – 22% increase previously. The company now sees full-year sales in a range of $1.28 billion to $1.3 billion. Analysts covering the multi-brand beauty company provided their takes: Stifel analyst Mark S. Astrachan reiterated a Hold rating on the company, with a price forecast of $161. Truist Secur ...

Sales soared, but valuation doubts weighed on the stock. Investors don't like the look of e.l.f. Beauty (ELF -15.87%) because, while the fast-growing cosmetics brand smashed estimates in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report, the market disliked its guidance for the second quarter, which includes sharply lower profit margins as it steps up marketing spending. As of 10:13 a.m. ET, the stock was down 14.5% on the news. e.l.f. delivered strong growth For the period ending June 30, e.l.f., which stands for " ...

E.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) stock is on the move Friday after the cosmetic and skin care products company reported its earnings for its fiscal first quarter of 2025. That includes adjusted earnings per share of $1.10 for the quarter. This is better than the 90 cents per share Wall Street was predicting. It also matches what was reported by the company in the same period of the year prior. The winnings in the e.l.f. Beauty report continues with its revenue of $324.48 million. That's higher than the $306.52 mill ...