e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) closed the most recent trading day at $126.18, moving +2.74% from the previous trading session. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.23%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.72%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 1.86%.
Coming into today, shares of the cosmetics company had lost 5.36% in the past month. In that same time, the Consumer Staples sector gained 0.26%, while the S&P 500 gained 2.45%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of e.l.f. Beauty in its upcoming release. The company plans to announce its earnings on November 5, 2025. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $0.57, marking a 25.97% fall compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $366.53 million, up 21.74% from the year-ago period.
For the annual period, the Zacks Consensus Estimates anticipate earnings of $3.52 per share and a revenue of $1.65 billion, signifying shifts of +3.83% and +25.65%, respectively, from the last year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for e.l.f Beauty. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the business outlook.
Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.31% lower. e.l.f. Beauty presently features a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
In the context of valuation, e.l.f. Beauty is at present trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 34.86. This represents a premium compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 15.79.
We can also see that ELF currently has a PEG ratio of 2.16. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. As of the close of trade yesterday, the Cosmetics industry held an average PEG ratio of 1.09.
The Cosmetics industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 224, finds itself in the bottom 10% echelons of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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