---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001600033-25-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELF"
cik: "0001600033"
company_name: "e.l.f. Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:17:50.317408+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# e.l.f. Beauty Q2 net sales up 14% to $344M; adj. EPS $0.68; FY26 outlook below prior year

## Summary
- Net sales $343.9M (+14% YoY); GAAP net income $3.0M ($0.05 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $40.7M ($0.68 adj. EPS).
- Gross margin 69%, down ~165 bps due to higher tariff costs, partially offset by pricing/mix.
- FY2026 outlook: net sales $1,550-1,570M (+18-20%); adj. EPS $2.80-$2.85 vs prior year $3.39.
- Record rhode launch in Sephora NA; e.l.f. brand gained 140 bps market share.
- Cash $194.4M; long-term debt $831.6M vs $96.8M and $156.6M a year ago.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001600033-25-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELF
- cik: 0001600033
- company_name: e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1600033/000160003325000053/0001600033-25-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003325000053/elf-20251105.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001600033-25-000053.txt

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