ELF · PEAD ↑ 62

e.l.f. Beauty reported Q1 FY2027 EPS of $1.48 on 2026-08-05, beating the $0.52 consensus by $0.96 (+184.6%).

Print-day reaction was –1.7%, as the stock gave back ground despite the massive beat, closing at $86.37 versus the prior close of $87.84. Overnight, however, the tone reversed sharply: the T+1 open gapped up +3.5% to $89.35, signalling that after-hours participants reassessed the print positively. Over the following two trading sessions the drift extended further, with the T+1-to-T+3 window contributing an additional +3.2%, closing at $95.24 on 2026-08-10. Cumulative abnormal return of +8.2% versus SPY.US firmly clears the PEAD long threshold; the holding window runs through 2026-11-02.