e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Competitors $101.82 +1.90 (+1.90%) Closing price 08/8/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$101.76 -0.06 (-0.06%) As of 08/8/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock ELF vs. LW, SN, COTY, ODD, MBC, IMAX, FOXF, EPC, OLPX, and YSGShould you be buying e.l.f. Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of e.l.f. Beauty include Lamb Weston (LW), SharkNinja (SN), Coty (COTY), ODDITY Tech (ODD), MasterBrand (MBC), IMAX (IMAX), Fox Factory (FOXF), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), Olaplex (OLPX), and Yatsen (YSG). e.l.f. Beauty vs. Its Competitors Lamb Weston SharkNinja Coty ODDITY Tech MasterBrand IMAX Fox Factory Edgewell Personal Care Olaplex Yatsen Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LW or ELF? 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts rate LW or ELF? Lamb Weston presently has a consensus target price of $67.40, suggesting a potential upside of 30.97%. e.l.f. Beauty has a consensus target price of $122.56, suggesting a potential upside of 20.37%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than e.l.f. Beauty.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Lamb Weston 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.30e.l.f. Beauty 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.81 Which has better earnings and valuation, LW or ELF? Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than e.l.f. Beauty. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than e.l.f. Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLamb Weston$6.45B1.11$357.20M$2.5120.50e.l.f. Beauty$1.31B4.40$112.09M$1.7059.89 Is LW or ELF more profitable? e.l.f. Beauty has a net margin of 7.29% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.54%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 27.99% beat e.l.f. Beauty's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lamb Weston5.54% 27.99% 6.43% e.l.f. Beauty 7.29%16.36%9.89% Does the media refer more to LW or ELF? In the previous week, e.l.f. Beauty had 42 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for e.l.f. Beauty and 14 mentions for Lamb Weston. e.l.f. Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.97 indicating that e.l.f. Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lamb Weston 8 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive e.l.f. Beauty 38 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more risk and volatility, LW or ELF? Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, e.l.f. Beauty has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Summarye.l.f. Beauty beats Lamb Weston on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get e.l.f. Beauty News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ELF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ELF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ELF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetrice.l.f. BeautyCOSMETICS&TLTRS IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.78B$3.34B$16.01B$20.65BDividend YieldN/A2.28%3.16%3.65%P/E Ratio59.8922.9218.6228.07Price / Sales4.4019.2845.9276.09Price / Cash31.3016.1714.6817.60Price / Book7.553.596.094.61Net Income$112.09M$37.46M$681.87M$994.05M7 Day Performance-12.48%-0.05%0.66%0.54%1 Month Performance-7.52%-13.86%-3.27%-0.97%1 Year Performance-36.69%-15.79%6.03%14.31% e.l.f. Beauty Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELFe.l.f. Beauty4.5685 of 5 stars$101.82+1.9%$122.56+20.4%-36.7%$5.78B$1.31B59.89300Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeGap UpLWLamb Weston4.7084 of 5 stars$54.82-2.1%$67.40+22.9%-14.4%$7.63B$6.45B21.8210,100Analyst RevisionSNSharkNinja2.5728 of 5 stars$116.40+3.6%$129.13+10.9%+32.5%$16.39B$5.53B36.773,688Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeCOTYCoty3.9727 of 5 stars$4.76+0.5%$7.80+64.0%-48.0%$4.15B$6.12B-9.9111,791ODDODDITY Tech2.3741 of 5 stars$74.17+3.5%$71.75-3.3%+53.8%$4.14B$703.49M42.59342Earnings ReportMBCMasterBrand2.321 of 5 stars$11.26+1.9%$15.00+33.2%-21.3%$1.42B$2.70B14.3813,000Earnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeIMAXIMAX3.9164 of 5 stars$25.31+0.4%$32.80+29.6%+24.1%$1.36B$362.48M42.12780Analyst UpgradeFOXFFox Factory2.1131 of 5 stars$29.94+2.2%$35.00+16.9%-29.0%$1.25B$1.39B-5.004,100Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGap DownEPCEdgewell Personal Care3.485 of 5 stars$24.86-1.2%$33.14+33.3%-41.1%$1.17B$2.25B14.566,700Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementOLPXOlaplex3.3074 of 5 stars$1.39+5.7%$1.88+35.4%-30.3%$915.42M$422.67M68.78170Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap DownYSGYatsen0.9925 of 5 stars$9.12+4.9%N/A+150.6%$840.58M$3.45B-10.851,350Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Lamb Weston Alternatives SharkNinja Alternatives Coty Alternatives ODDITY Tech Alternatives MasterBrand Alternatives IMAX Alternatives Fox Factory Alternatives Edgewell Personal Care Alternatives Olaplex Alternatives Yatsen Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ELF) was last updated on 8/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersYour blueprint for crypto wealthMark August 12th on your calendar. 27 of crypto's most successful minds are about to reveal everything…Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredHIDDEN IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS…“This land I will give to you…” — a 4,000-year-old line from Genesis may hold the key to unlocking a $150 tril...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump set to Boost Social Security Checks by 400%?If you're collecting or planning to collect social security... 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