Beauty Stocks Like Coty, Estee Lauder Are Flying, But This Analyst Has Sights Set On The 'Best Performer'

• Morgan Stanley analyst Dara Mohsenian reiterated an Overweight rating on the shares of elf Beauty Inc (NYSE: ELF) and raised the price target to $46 from $42, implying a 14% upside.

• ELF remains the analyst's preferred SMID cap pick, with recent U.S. scanner data confirming potential fundamental upside near-term and driving higher estimates/price target.

• Also Read: Elf Beauty Outperforms Peers: Expect 16% Sales Growth In Fiscal 2023, Analyst Says

• ELF momentum is being driven by its market share gains, which are accelerating as it implemented pricing with limited resulting volume demand elasticity, and as lower-price portfolio benefits from recent consumer trade-down, said Mohsenian.

• The company's share gains, the analyst added, should also drive longer-term momentum with a virtuous cycle as retailers allocate more shelf space to ELF, driving sales.

• The analyst considers topline upside should also allow for continued reinvestment in marketing, further supporting share gains.

• Mass beauty category growth continues to recover post-COVID, specified Mohsenian.

• Peer Coty Inc. (NYSE: COTY) recorded 10% growth in its Q4 and predicted FY23 to be a year of continued expansion, in-line with medium-term growth targets.

• Also Read: Coty Aims To Double Skincare Sales By FY25

• Also, Goldman Sachs analyst Jason English upgraded Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (NYSE: EL) from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $298 to $303.

• Price Action: ELF shares are trading higher by 1.72% at $40.20 on the last check Wednesday.

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Latest Ratings for ELF

Feb 2022	DA Davidson	Maintains		Buy
Jan 2022	Raymond James	Maintains		Outperform
Nov 2021	DA Davidson	Maintains		Buy

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