ELF Beauty (ELF)

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
$102.79 -0.93% on the day Market cap $6.2B 52-week range $48.82 to $147.75 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
11% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $6.2B, ELF Beauty's free cash flow of $190M (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about 11% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from ELF Beauty's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price11.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years50.4% a year
Revenue, same period21.7% a year
Price to free cash flow32.5x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from ELF's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation3
Profitability5
Growth9
Financial health5
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)102.8x
P/E (forward)28.1x
Price / free cash flow32.5x
EV / EBITDA38.3x
Price / sales3.51x
Price / book5.34x
Revenue growth+35.5%
Operating margin7.2%
Net margin3.4%
Return on equity5.1%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity1.11x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from ELF Beauty's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$392M$579M$1.0B$1.3B$1.6B
Net income$22M$62M$128M$112M$26M
Free cash flow$15M$100M$62M$115M$190M
EPS (diluted)$0.41$1.11$2.21$1.92$0.44
Operating margin7.6%11.8%14.6%12.0%4.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by regions, fiscal 2026.

United States$1.3B79%
International$344M21%

Superinvestors who own ELF

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Added $78M0.05%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $17M0.04%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $15M0.01%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
New position $5M0.35%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $2M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by ELF Beauty's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of ELF in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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Questions

What growth does ELF Beauty's stock price imply?

At a market value of $6.2B, ELF Beauty would need its free cash flow to grow about 11% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 50% a year.

Are ELF Beauty insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of ELF in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own ELF Beauty?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold ELF in their latest 13F, including PRIMECAP Management, Joel Greenblatt, Hersh Cohen.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.