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e.l.f. Beauty Profile & Fundamentals

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Company Profile & Ownership

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., a beauty company, provides cosmetics and skin care products worldwide. The company offers eye, lip, face, and skin care products. It offers products under the e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. Skin, Well People, Naturium, and Rhode brand names. The company sells its products through national and international retailers and direct-to-consumer through its e-commerce channel. The company was formerly known as J.A. Cosmetics Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. in April 2016. e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.

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ELF Beauty Inc

Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Personal Care Products

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Company

Company / asset: ELF Beauty Inc
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Consumer Staples
Industry: Personal Care Products
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 601 12th Street, Oakland, CA, United States, 94607

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Tarang P. Amin
CEO year born: 1965
Full-time employees: 849
Fiscal year end: March
IPO date: 2016-09-22

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-13

Market Cap: USD 5.8B
P/E: 97.0x
Revenue (Q2 26): USD 479.4M
Profit (Q2 26): USD 66.6M
Dividend Yield: --
Revenue (FY 26): USD 1.6B
Shares in public float: 21.9M
Insider ownership: 2.85%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: ELF.NYSE
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US26856L1035
Asset ID: equity_b3373c42-3686-5901-b0e6-692fc09a5748

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Shares Outstanding

Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited.7,048,752 shares · 11.95% · Reported 2026-06-30
BlackRock Inc5,549,185 shares · 9.40% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2,591,001 shares · 4.39% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC2,534,402 shares · 4.29% · Reported 2026-03-31
JPMorgan Chase & Co2,236,734 shares · 3.79% · Reported 2026-03-31
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF2,069,563 shares · 3.51% · Reported 2026-08-31
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2,067,396 shares · 3.50% · Reported 2026-03-31

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American Funds SMALLCAP World A1,959,289 shares · 3.32% · Reported 2026-06-30
Ensign Peak Advisors Inc1,898,555 shares · 3.22% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest1,801,936 shares · 3.05% · Reported 2026-07-31
State Street Corp1,799,155 shares · 3.05% · Reported 2026-03-31
ClearBridge Advisors, LLC1,734,774 shares · 2.94% · Reported 2026-03-31
AQR Capital Management LLC1,495,715 shares · 2.53% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Small Cap Index1,298,446 shares · 2.20% · Reported 2026-07-31
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.1,117,472 shares · 1.89% · Reported 2026-06-30

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

There is a clear consensus that the company's financial reports show a massive split between sales growth and actual profits. While sales continue to grow at a healthy double-digit pace, official net income has dropped sharply. However, analysts strongly agree that this drop is mostly an optical illusion caused by non-cash accounting charges from a highly successful acquisition. Real cash generation remains incredibly strong, with free cash flow rising significantly. The main disagreement is whether future earnings will quickly bounce back as these temporary charges disappear, or if ongoing trade tariffs and rising marketing costs will keep profits squeezed for longer. Retail investors should look past the headline profit drop and focus on the company's excellent ability to turn sales into cold, hard cash.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

Revenue
Free cash flow
Net income

Annual reported financial results, converted using the statement's recorded USD conversion. Missing values are omitted. Values in USD.

Valuation

Historical P/E Ratio

Published P/E

Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

There is a fascinating clash of opinions regarding the company's profitability. On one hand, gross margins remain incredibly high and stable, proving that the core products are highly profitable to make and that premium acquisitions are boosting overall profitability. On the other hand, operating margins have shrunk significantly. Analysts disagree on the cause: some blame temporary shipping shocks and one-time acquisition fees, while others argue that the company is being forced to spend too much on marketing just to keep sales growing. If the margin drop is temporary, the stock is currently a bargain; if it is permanent, the company's profitability has structurally weakened. Investors should watch whether profit margins begin to recover as the company moves its production away from tariff-heavy regions.

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Annual gross, operating, net income and free cash flow divided by revenue for matching reporting dates. Values in percent.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2018-12-31	267,435,000	46,710,000	15,525,000	60.85	9.78	5.81	17.47
2019-03-31	267,435,000	46,710,000	15,525,000	60.85	9.78	5.81	17.47
2019-12-31	282,851,000	34,891,000	17,884,000	64.03	8.47	6.32	12.34
2020-03-31	282,851,000	34,891,000	17,884,000	64.03	10.59	6.32	12.34
2021-03-31	318,110,000	23,001,000	6,232,000	64.82	2.95	1.96	7.23
2022-03-31	392,155,000	14,695,000	21,770,000	64.19	7.59	5.55	3.75
2023-03-31	578,844,000	100,160,000	61,530,000	67.44	11.77	10.63	17.3
2024-03-31	1,023,932,000	62,495,000	127,663,000	70.72	14.62	12.47	6.1
2025-03-31	1,313,517,000	115,320,000	112,089,000	71.24	12.03	8.53	8.78
2026-03-31	1,636,472,000	190,062,000	26,318,000	70.72	8.02	1.61	11.61

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2026-03-31	138.05	Trailing four quarters
2025-03-31	33.72	Trailing four quarters
2024-03-31	89.6	Trailing four quarters
2023-03-31	77.67	Annual net income
2022-03-31	66.25	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	49,201,800
2018-01-01	49,211,300
2019-01-01	50,966,600
2020-01-01	52,335,800
2021-01-01	53,891,400
2022-01-01	55,840,100
2023-01-01	58,030,100
2024-01-01	58,353,200
2025-01-01	60,190,800
2026-01-01	59,727,600

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