---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001600033-22-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELF"
cik: "0001600033"
company_name: "e.l.f. Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:11:30.533432+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# e.l.f. Beauty Q4 net sales +13% to $105.1M; FY2022 +23%; guides FY2023 10-12% growth

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $105.1M (+13% YoY), gross margin 64.2% (+100 bps).
- FY2022 net sales $392.2M (+23% YoY), GAAP EPS $0.41, adjusted EPS $0.84.
- FY2023 outlook: net sales $432-440M (+10-12%), adjusted EBITDA $80.5-82.0M, adjusted EPS $0.78-0.81.
- Ended FY2022 with $43.4M cash and $91.1M long-term debt/finance leases.
- Gained market share for third consecutive year; only top-5 color cosmetics brand above pre-pandemic levels.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001600033-22-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELF
- cik: 0001600033
- company_name: e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003322000023/0001600033-22-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003322000023/elf-20220525.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001600033-22-000023
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001600033-22-000023.txt

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