JPMorgan upgrades e.l.f. Beauty to Overweight on accelerating Nielsen data - InvestingChannel

JPMorgan upgrades e.l.f. Beauty to Overweight on accelerating Nielsen data

JPMorgan analyst Andrea Teixeira upgraded e.l.f. Beauty to Overweight from Neutral and raised her price target for the shares to $17 from $11. Nielsen sell-through data continues to accelerate and the company’s guidance for the year will likely prove conservative, Teixeira tells investors in a mid-morning research note. The analyst points out that Nielsen data this morning indicates that e.l.f.’s sell-through rate is up 9% year-over-year in the 12 weeks ending June 29. She now sees potential for “significant upside” to the company’s fiscal 2020 guidance. Shares of e.l.f. Beauty are up 6.5% to $15.15 following the upgrade.