e.l.f. Beauty Inc (ELF) stock hits $134.08: Is it a good time to buy or wait for a dip?

Nora Barnes

e.l.f. Beauty Inc [ELF] stock prices are up 1.20% to $134.08 at the moment. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ELF shares have lost -7.58% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.42%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

e.l.f. Beauty Inc [NYSE: ELF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 08, 2025, when Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating and also boosted its price target to $170 from $134. On September 02, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $128 on the stock. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $121 on August 08, 2025. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $74 on February 07, 2025. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on February 07, 2025, and downed its price target to $70. In a note dated February 07, 2025, DA Davidson downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $170 to $80.

The stock price of e.l.f. Beauty Inc [ELF] has been fluctuating between $49.40 and $150.99 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $139 within the next 12 months. e.l.f. Beauty Inc [NYSE: ELF] shares were valued at $134.08 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.67% based on the average ELF price forecast.

Analyzing the ELF fundamentals

The e.l.f. Beauty Inc [NYSE:ELF] reported sales of 1.34B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 9.02%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.71% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.15 and Total Capital is 0.14. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.39.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that e.l.f. Beauty Inc [NYSE:ELF]’s Current Ratio is 3.26. Also, the Quick Ratio is 2.34, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.92. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.67, the price to book ratio is 9.45 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 79.53.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved AMIN TARANG, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Oct 01 ’25 when 0.12 million shares were sold. Director, TARANG AMIN completed a deal on Oct 01 ’25 to buy 0.12 million shares. Meanwhile, MARCHISOTTO KORY sold 10812.0 shares on Sep 17 ’25.

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