e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., a beauty company, provides cosmetics and skin care products worldwide. The company offers eye, lip, face, paw, and skin care products. It offers products under the e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f.MoreShow less
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e.l.f. Beauty: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.
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e.l.f. Beauty Profile & Fundamentals
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Company and Market Context
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.
Company profile record
ELF Beauty Inc
Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Personal Care Products
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
- Market Cap
- USD 6.1B
- P/E
- 103.0x
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- USD 479.4M
- Profit (Q2 26)
- USD 66.6M
- Dividend Yield
- --
- Revenue (FY 26)
- USD 1.6B
- Shares in public float
- 57.4M
- 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
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 59.7M | Max: 60.2M | Min: 49.2M
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
96.12%
57.4M latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
2.85%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
0.08%
Latest reported short interest / float
Top Holders
Source tablesView ownership tables
Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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| 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 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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| Holder | Shares | Ownership | Reported date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baillie Gifford & Co Limited. | 7,048,752 | 11.95% | 2026-06-30 |
| BlackRock Inc | 5,549,185 | 9.4% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | 2,591,001 | 4.39% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard Capital Management, LLC | 2,534,402 | 4.3% | 2026-03-31 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2,236,734 | 3.79% | 2026-03-31 |
| iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 2,069,563 | 3.51% | 2026-08-31 |
| T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 2,067,396 | 3.5% | 2026-03-31 |
| American Funds SMALLCAP World A | 1,959,289 | 3.32% | 2026-06-30 |
| Ensign Peak Advisors Inc | 1,898,555 | 3.22% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest | 1,799,435 | 3.05% | 2026-08-31 |
| State Street Corp | 1,799,155 | 3.05% | 2026-03-31 |
| ClearBridge Advisors, LLC | 1,734,774 | 2.94% | 2026-03-31 |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 1,495,715 | 2.53% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard Small Cap Index | 1,299,809 | 2.2% | 2026-08-31 |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. | 1,117,472 | 1.89% | 2026-06-30 |
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
The company's headline financials display a sharp divergence between growing sales and reported accounting profits. In fiscal 2026, total revenue expanded nearly twenty-five percent to $1.64 billion, yet reported GAAP net income dropped over seventy-six percent to $26.3 million. This optical plunge was not caused by falling sales, but by temporary non-cash accounting charges, including a $57.6 million earnout adjustment and acquisition amortization. Looking past the accounting rules reveals exceptional underlying cash generation. Trailing twelve-month free cash flow reached $280 million, proving that day-to-day operations remain highly profitable. While a one-time $50 million tariff refund temporarily inflated Q1 fiscal 2027 profits, underlying earnings power remains solid as new brand lines scale up.
The company's headline financials display a sharp divergence between growing sales and reported accounting profits. In fiscal 2026, total revenue expanded nearly twenty-five percent to $1.64 billion, yet reported GAAP net income dropped over seventy-six percent to $26.3 million. This optical plunge was not caused by falling sales, but by temporary non-cash accounting charges, including a $57.6 million earnout adjustment and acquisition amortization. Looking past the accounting rules reveals exceptional underlying cash generation. Trailing twelve-month free cash flow reached $280 million, proving that day-to-day operations remain highly profitable. While a one-time $50 million tariff refund temporarily inflated Q1 fiscal 2027 profits, underlying earnings power remains solid as new brand lines scale up.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: USD 1.6B | Max: USD 1.6B | Min: USD 6.2M
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: >100x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
Gross profitability has proven structurally resilient, holding near seventy-one percent in fiscal 2026 despite elevated import tariffs and international shipping costs. While gross margin spiked to eighty-three percent in Q1 fiscal 2027, roughly 1,050 basis points of that jump came from a non-recurring government tariff refund that will not repeat. Below gross profit, operating margins compressed toward eight percent in fiscal 2026 due to brand integration expenses and aggressive digital marketing outlays. As acquisition integration finishes and international sales scale, operating margins should rebound toward thirteen to fourteen percent, balancing steady retail pricing against necessary brand advertising investments.
Gross profitability has proven structurally resilient, holding near seventy-one percent in fiscal 2026 despite elevated import tariffs and international shipping costs. While gross margin spiked to eighty-three percent in Q1 fiscal 2027, roughly 1,050 basis points of that jump came from a non-recurring government tariff refund that will not repeat. Below gross profit, operating margins compressed toward eight percent in fiscal 2026 due to brand integration expenses and aggressive digital marketing outlays. As acquisition integration finishes and international sales scale, operating margins should rebound toward thirteen to fourteen percent, balancing steady retail pricing against necessary brand advertising investments.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 70.7% | Max: 71.2% | Min: 1.6%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2026-03-31
Gross Margin
70.7%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
8.0%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
1.6%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
11.6%
Free cash flow / revenue
Source tablesView earnings, profitability & valuation tables
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-31 | 267,435,000 | 15,525,000 | 46,710,000 |
| 2019-03-31 | 267,435,000 | 15,525,000 | 46,710,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 282,851,000 | 17,884,000 | 34,891,000 |
| 2020-03-31 | 282,851,000 | 17,884,000 | 34,891,000 |
| 2021-03-31 | 318,110,000 | 6,232,000 | 23,001,000 |
| 2022-03-31 | 392,155,000 | 21,770,000 | 14,695,000 |
| 2023-03-31 | 578,844,000 | 61,530,000 | 100,160,000 |
| 2024-03-31 | 1,023,932,000 | 127,663,000 | 62,495,000 |
| 2025-03-31 | 1,313,517,000 | 112,089,000 | 115,320,000 |
| 2026-03-31 | 1,636,472,000 | 26,318,000 | 190,062,000 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 137.55 | 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 |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-31 | 60.85 | 9.78 | 5.81 | 17.47 |
| 2019-03-31 | 60.85 | 9.78 | 5.81 | 17.47 |
| 2019-12-31 | 64.03 | 8.47 | 6.32 | 12.34 |
| 2020-03-31 | 64.03 | 10.59 | 6.32 | 12.34 |
| 2021-03-31 | 64.82 | 2.95 | 1.96 | 7.23 |
| 2022-03-31 | 64.19 | 7.59 | 5.55 | 3.75 |
| 2023-03-31 | 67.44 | 11.77 | 10.63 | 17.3 |
| 2024-03-31 | 70.72 | 14.62 | 12.47 | 6.1 |
| 2025-03-31 | 71.24 | 12.03 | 8.53 | 8.78 |
| 2026-03-31 | 70.72 | 8.02 | 1.61 | 11.61 |
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