** Shares of Elf Beauty ELF.N slump 24% to $89.95 premarket after the cosmetics-maker forecasts annual sales and profit below analysts' estimates
** Stock set to touch a five-month low at open, if losses hold
** Co is grappling with higher tariff costs and cautious consumer spending, which led to the downbeat forecast
** At least 5 brokerages cut PT on stock after results, Piper Sandler cuts PT to $ 100, the lowest among the brokerages, as per LSEG data
** 13 of 17 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, and four "hold"; their median PT is $130
** Up to last close, stock down 6.1% YTD
(Reporting by Avinash P in Bengaluru)
((Avinash.p@thomsonreuters.com))