In the last trading session, 1.58 million shares of the e.l.f. Beauty Inc (NYSE:ELF) were traded, and its beta was 1.42. Most recently the company’s share price was $183.74, and it changed around $8.09 or 4.61% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $10.36B. ELF currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $221.83, offering almost -20.73% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $88.47, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 51.85% since then. We note from e.l.f. Beauty Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 1.44 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.58 million.

e.l.f. Beauty Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 1.56. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 12 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 4 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 5 recommended ELF as a Hold, whereas 3 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. e.l.f. Beauty Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 0.84 for the current quarter.

e.l.f. Beauty Inc (NYSE:ELF) trade information

Instantly ELF has showed a green trend with a performance of 4.61% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 186.75 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 1.61%. The company’s shares are currently up 27.30% year-to-date, but still up 7.90% over the last five days. On the other hand, e.l.f. Beauty Inc (NYSE:ELF) is -9.52% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 2.24 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.38 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $202, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 9.04% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ELF is forecast to be at a low of $45 and a high of $258.

e.l.f. Beauty Inc (ELF) estimates and forecasts

e.l.f. Beauty Inc share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 8.25 percent over the past six months and at a 7.55% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of -17.70%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will loss -23.60% in revenue this quarter, and will report a decrease of -6.10% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 26.50%, up from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 14 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 304.06M in revenue for the current quarter. 14 analysts expect e.l.f. Beauty Inc to make 292.31M in revenue for the current ending quarter.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 47.62%. e.l.f. Beauty Inc earnings are expected to increase by 7.39% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 16.10% per year for the next five years.

e.l.f. Beauty Inc (NYSE:ELF)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 2.68% of e.l.f. Beauty Inc shares, and 100.49% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 103.26%. e.l.f. Beauty Inc stock is held by 702.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-03-31, it held 11.822% of the shares, which is about 6.52 million shares worth $1.28 billion.

VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 9.9458% or 5.48 million shares worth $1.08 billion as of 2024-03-31, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.