secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (ELF)
CIK:        0001600033
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-20T20:14:17+00:00
Accession:  0001600033-26-000018
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

e.l.f. Beauty Q4 net sales +35% to $449M, GAAP loss $49.4M; FY26 sales +25%, adj EPS $3.13
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- Q4 net sales $449.3M (+35% YoY); GAAP net loss $49.4M ($0.82 loss/share); adjusted net income $19.4M, adj diluted EPS $0.32.
- Full FY26 net sales $1,636.5M (+25% YoY); GAAP net income $26.3M ($0.44 EPS); adjusted net income $185.9M, adj diluted EPS $3.13.
- Gross margin Q4 up 140bps to 73%; FY26 gross margin down 50bps to 71% due to higher tariffs partially offset by pricing.
- Total debt $841.7M (up from $256.7M); cash $289.7M as of March 31, 2026.
- FY27 guidance: net sales $1,835-1,865M (+12-14% YoY), adj EBITDA $379-385M, adj diluted EPS $3.27-3.32.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003326000018/0001600033-26-000018-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003326000018/elf-20260520.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001600033-26-000018

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