A new Periodic Transaction Report filed with the U.S. House of Representatives shows that the spouse of Hon. Michael Patrick Guest sold shares of e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (ticker: ELF) common stock. The transaction was dated December 16, 2025, and was reported in the amount range of $1,001 to $15,000, a standard disclosure bracket used under the STOCK Act rather than an exact dollar figure.
The holding was disclosed as being held through a trust identified as ‘Trust – KF19,’ rather than in a direct brokerage account under the member’s or spouse’s name. Trust structures are a common vehicle used by members of Congress and their families to hold and manage investment assets, and their use here does not by itself indicate anything unusual about the transaction.
A Notably Delayed Filing
One detail stands out in this disclosure: the Periodic Transaction Report was filed roughly 240 days after the actual transaction date. The STOCK Act requires members of Congress to disclose covered securities transactions within 45 days of being notified of the trade. A 240-day gap is well beyond that statutory window. This article notes that fact plainly, as part of the public record, without speculating on why the filing was delayed. Late filings under the STOCK Act do occur across both parties and chambers of Congress, and the law itself provides for disclosure, not a judgment about the underlying trade.
Whoisbuyingnow.com classifies this transaction under its ‘congress sale’ signal category, which is used to track reported sales of publicly traded securities by members of Congress or their immediate family members, as identified in official House and Senate financial disclosure filings.
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is a publicly traded cosmetics company, and shares of ELF trade on a U.S. stock exchange. Beyond the fact of the sale itself, this filing does not disclose the reasoning behind the transaction, the specific price at which it occurred, or any other securities that may have been bought or sold around the same period.
As with all Periodic Transaction Reports, this disclosure is a legal requirement for members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children when covered transactions occur, and filing the report — even late — is part of complying with that requirement. Readers interested in the full context of this and other congressional trading disclosures can review the original filing through the House Clerk’s Financial Disclosure database, where Periodic Transaction Reports are made publicly available.
Whoisbuyingnow.com will continue to monitor filings connected to Rep. Guest and other members of Congress as they are made public, and will update coverage if additional related disclosures are filed.