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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001600033-21-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELF"
cik: "0001600033"
company_name: "e.l.f. Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:37:01.814987+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# e.l.f. Beauty Q1 net sales up 50% to $97M; raises FY22 guidance, adjusted EPS $0.27

## Summary
- Net sales $97.0M, +50% YoY; net income $8.3M ($0.15 diluted EPS).
- Gross margin 63.8%, down ~340 bps due to FX, transportation costs, inventory adjustments.
- Adjusted EPS $0.27; adjusted EBITDA $21.7M (22.4% of sales), up 40% YoY.
- Raises FY22 net sales guidance to $357-364M (from $343-350M); adjusted EPS now $0.65-0.68.
- Gained 20 bps market share in U.S. color cosmetics per Nielsen; only top-5 brand to grow vs pre-pandemic.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001600033-21-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELF
- cik: 0001600033
- company_name: e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003321000046/0001600033-21-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003321000046/elf-20210804.htm

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