According to Bloomberg, the sixteen different research firms that cover e.l.f.
Beauty, INC (NYSE: ELF) has given the company an average “Moderate Buy” rating for the stock.
This rating was derived from the ratings the research firms gave to the company.
The purchase of the stock is recommended by nine research experts while maintaining ownership of the stock in one’s portfolio is only recommended by five analysts.
The average one-year price objective that brokers who updated their stock coverage in the preceding year have assigned to the stock is $69.75.
These brokers believe the stock will reach this price within the next year.
On February 1, the most recent quarterly earnings report for e.l.f.
Beauty, traded on the NYSE under the symbol ELF, was made public.
The company achieved earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter at $0.37, $0.21 higher than the average expectation of $0.16 per share.
The company reported a total revenue for the period of $146.54 million, which is significantly higher than the average projection of $121.82 million in revenue for the quarter made by the market.
The fact that e.l.f.
Beauty had a return on equity of 15.0% and a net margin of 9.43%, demonstrating the company’s success.
The majority opinion among professionals in the cosmetics industry is that e.l.f.
Beauty will report earnings of $1.03 per share in 2018.
According to the information provided by the exchange, the starting price for NYSE: ELF on Thursday was $73.33.
The company has a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 86.27, and its beta value is currently at 1.59.
The market capitalization of the company is currently sitting at $3.91 billion.
The stock’s price has reached $65.43 on its moving average over the past 50 days, while it has reached $53.14 on its moving average over the past 200 days.
The stock price of e.l.f.
Beauty hit a 52-week low of $20.49, while it reached a 52-week high of $76.01 during the same period.
The ratio of the current ratio to the quick ratio is 2.08, while the ratio of the current ratio to the quick ratio is 3.00.
The ratio of debt to equity is 0.16.
Several different research companies have made their findings on ELF available to the public.
Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating for the company to “overweight” and increased its price target for e.l.f.
Beauty from $64.00 to $75.00 in a research report released on Thursday, February 2.
The price target that Cowen set for e.l.f.
Beauty shares increased to $70.00 from the previous $36.00, and the investment bank advised clients to “market perform” with their holdings in the company.
The research note was made public on February 16.
In a report distributed on Thursday, February 2, Canaccord Genuity Group upgraded their price objective on e.l.f.
Beauty stock from $63.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating.
DA Davidson increased their price objective for e.l.f.
Beauty stock went from $70.00 to $90.00 due to research released to the public on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered its recommendation for e.l.f.
Beauty changed from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered its price target for the stock from $55.00 to $55.00 in a report published on Monday, January 9.
The predetermined price range was a component of the research.
On February 8, a total of 600 shares of e.l.f.
Beauty stock was reportedly sold by Senior Vice President Joshua Allen Franks, according to reports from a variety of news sources regarding the company, e.l.f.
Beauty.
A total of $43,230.00 was received for the sale of the shares, equivalent to an average price of $72,05.
The senior vice president now directly controls 114,277 shares of the company, which have a value of $8,233,657.85 as a direct result of the sale that took place.
A document containing the information given to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the transaction can be found on this website.
The document contains all of the information that was given to the SEC. On January 5, the Chief Executive Officer of e.l.f.
Beauty, Tarang Amin, sold 39,740 shares of the company’s stock.
This is related to the previous development.
The cost of one share was obtained throughout the sale at an average price of $55.56, resulting in the transaction’s total value of $2,207,954.40.
After the transaction is finalized, the CEO will own 347,496 shares.
Based on the current market price, these shares have a combined value of approximately $19,306,877.76.
The Securities and Exchange Commission was given legal documentation about the transaction, which can be viewed by following the link in the previous sentence.
The documentation was provided to the SEC.
Additionally, on February 8, Senior Vice President Joshua Allen Franks sold 600 shares of the company’s stock.
A total of $43,230.00 was received for the sale of the shares, equivalent to an average price of $72,05.
After the sale’s completion, the company’s senior vice president now directly controls 114,277 shares, the total value of which is approximately $8,233,657.85. You may find the disclosure that pertains to the sale in this section. 8.
During the most recent quarter, company insiders sold 311,195 shares of company stock, realizing a total sale price of $20,604,238.
The company’s current and former employees collectively own 20% of the company’s equity.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified how they hold ELF in their portfolios in response to recent market events.
During the last three months of 2018, Point72 Middle East FZE made a new investment in e.l.f.
Beauty at a valuation of approximately $28,000. Covestor Ltd increased the percentage of e.l.f.
Beauty stock is owned by 8,340.0% over the year’s first three months.
After making an additional purchase of 1,251 shares during the period in question, Covestor Ltd now holds 1,266 shares of the company’s stock.
The current market price for each share is $33,000.
Elf Beauty received a financial contribution of $46,000 from Point72 Asset Management L.P.
During the final three months of 2018.
Optimum Investment Advisors invested $55,000 to acquire a new position in e.l.f.
Beauty during the final three months of 2018.
In the fourth quarter, Signaturefd LLC made a significant investment in e.l.f.
Beauty by purchasing an additional 298.5% of the company’s shares.
This was certainly not the most important news of the quarter.
During the most recent reporting period, Signaturefd LLC bought an additional 800 shares of the company, bringing its total number of shares owned to 2,400.
As a direct consequence of this event, the organization currently possesses 1,068 shares of the company’s stock, which has a market value of $59,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.14% of the company’s shares.