How to buy e-l-fBeauty stock | $25.19

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc is a household & personal products business based in the US. e-l-fBeauty shares (ELF) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. e-l-fBeauty employs 209 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$292.3 million.

How to buy shares in e-l-fBeauty

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for e-l-fBeauty. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ELF. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until e-l-fBeauty reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$25.19, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of e-l-fBeauty, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of e-l-fBeauty. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

e-l-fBeauty share price

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e-l-fBeauty shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-26.

Latest market close	USD$25.19
52-week range	USD$7.58 - USD$23.7
50-day moving average	USD$21.8491
200-day moving average	USD$19.8476
Wall St. target price	USD$23.89
PE ratio	122.8421
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.19

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Is it a good time to buy e-l-fBeauty stock?

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Technical Analysis of e.l.f. Beauty, Inc by TradingView

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e-l-fBeauty price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $25.19 from 2020-12-31

1 week (2021-01-07)	6.11%
1 month (2020-12-16)	16.62%
3 months (2020-10-16)	19.84%
6 months (2020-07-16)	29.31%

1 year (2020-01-16)	70.78%
2 years (2019-01-16)	210.22%
3 years (2018-01-16)	29.11%
5 years (2016-01-13)	N/A

Is e-l-fBeauty under- or over-valued?

Valuing e-l-fBeauty stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of e-l-fBeauty's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

e-l-fBeauty's P/E ratio

e-l-fBeauty's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 123x. In other words, e-l-fBeauty shares trade at around 123x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

e-l-fBeauty's PEG ratio

e-l-fBeauty's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.03. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into e-l-fBeauty's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

e-l-fBeauty's EBITDA

e-l-fBeauty's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$37.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a e-l-fBeauty's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

e-l-fBeauty financials

Revenue TTM	USD$292.3 million
Operating margin TTM	6.47%
Gross profit TTM	USD$181.1 million
Return on assets TTM	2.6%
Return on equity TTM	3.96%
Profit margin	3.29%
Book value	$4.996
Market capitalisation	USD$1.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting e-l-fBeauty shares

There are currently 2.5 million e-l-fBeauty shares held short by investors – that's known as e-l-fBeauty's "short interest". This figure is 7.9% down from 2.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting e-l-fBeauty shares can be evaluated.

e-l-fBeauty's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

e-l-fBeauty's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of e-l-fBeauty shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of e-l-fBeauty shares traded daily (recently around 467530.66666667). e-l-fBeauty's SIR currently stands at 5.25. In other words for every 100,000 e-l-fBeauty shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5250 shares are currently held short.

However e-l-fBeauty's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of e-l-fBeauty shares, or, against the total number of tradable e-l-fBeauty shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case e-l-fBeauty's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 e-l-fBeauty shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0544% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable e-l-fBeauty shares, roughly 54 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against e-l-fBeauty.

Find out more about how you can short e-l-fBeauty stock.

e-l-fBeauty share dividends

We're not expecting e-l-fBeauty to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

e-l-fBeauty share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, e-l-fBeauty's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.58 up to $23.7. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while e-l-fBeauty's is 2.3892. This would suggest that e-l-fBeauty's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

e-l-fBeauty overview

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides cosmetic and skin care products under the e.l.f. and W3LL PEOPLE brand names worldwide. The company offers eye, lip, face, and skin care products, as well as kits and tools. It sells its products through national and international retailers and direct-to-consumer channels, which include e-commerce platforms in the United States; and internationally primarily through distributors. 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 based in Oakland, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of e-l-fBeauty is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 12.722% of e-l-fBeauty shares are held by insiders and 90.152% by institutions.

• How many people work for e-l-fBeauty?

  Latest data suggests 209 work at e-l-fBeauty.

• When does the fiscal year end for e-l-fBeauty?

  e-l-fBeauty's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is e-l-fBeauty based?

  e-l-fBeauty's address is: 570 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States, 94607

• What is e-l-fBeauty's ISIN number?

  e-l-fBeauty's international securities identification number is: US26856L1035

• What is e-l-fBeauty's CUSIP number?

  e-l-fBeauty's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 26856L103