Compare Stocks: ULTA, MA, and MO

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MA Mastercard	$660.63 +0.3%	$597.33	$464.52 ▼ $681.99	$573.97B	0.78	3.51 million shs	2.37 million shs
MO Altria Group	$77.37 +1.3%	$71.83	$54.70 ▼ $79.87	$126.99B	0.43	8.77 million shs	7.31 million shs
ULTA Ulta Beauty	$659.08 -0.8%	$583.55	$443.60 ▼ $714.97	$28.41B	0.83	487,332 shs	306,916 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MA Mastercard	+0.55%	+1.82%	+11.79%	+17.68%	+19.25%
MO Altria Group	+0.69%	-0.70%	+6.42%	+18.34%	+32.53%
ULTA Ulta Beauty	-0.11%	+4.65%	+16.49%	+24.91%	+28.62%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MA Mastercard	$660.63 +0.3%	$597.33	$464.52 ▼ $681.99	$573.97B	0.78	3.51 million shs	2.37 million shs
MO Altria Group	$77.37 +1.3%	$71.83	$54.70 ▼ $79.87	$126.99B	0.43	8.77 million shs	7.31 million shs
ULTA Ulta Beauty	$659.08 -0.8%	$583.55	$443.60 ▼ $714.97	$28.41B	0.83	487,332 shs	306,916 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MA Mastercard	+0.55%	+1.82%	+11.79%	+17.68%	+19.25%
MO Altria Group	+0.69%	-0.70%	+6.42%	+18.34%	+32.53%
ULTA Ulta Beauty	-0.11%	+4.65%	+16.49%	+24.91%	+28.62%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MA Mastercard	2.94	Moderate Buy	$711.09	7.64% Upside
MO Altria Group	2.23	Hold	$71.67	-7.37% Downside
ULTA Ulta Beauty	2.78	Moderate Buy	$635.87	-3.52% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ULTA, MA, and MO Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/11/2026	MA Mastercard	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$730.00 ➝ $764.00
11/10/2026	MA Mastercard	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$675.00 ➝ $800.00
11/6/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$580.00 ➝ $685.00
11/5/2026	MA Mastercard	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$725.00
11/5/2026	MA Mastercard	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$620.00 ➝ $725.00
11/5/2026	MA Mastercard	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$674.00 ➝ $735.00
11/2/2026	MO Altria Group	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$58.00 ➝ $60.00
10/30/2026	MA Mastercard	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$640.00 ➝ $694.00
10/30/2026	MA Mastercard	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$722.00 ➝ $735.00
10/30/2026	MA Mastercard	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$711.00
10/30/2026	MA Mastercard	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$670.00 ➝ $750.00

(Data available from 11/11/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
MA Mastercard	$36.29B	15.86	$20.93 per share	31.57	$7.74 per share	85.35
MO Altria Group	$23.28B	5.53	$6.38 per share	12.12	($1.31) per share	-59.06
ULTA Ulta Beauty	$12.39B	2.27	$32.52 per share	20.27	$63.19 per share	10.43

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
MA Mastercard	$14.97B	$19.12	34.55	28.62	1.86	46.73%	260.86%	31.44%	1/28/2027 (Estimated)
MO Altria Group	$6.95B	$4.84	13.58	13.14	2.59	34.51%	-330.66%	27.43%	N/A
ULTA Ulta Beauty	$1.15B	$27.44	24.21	20.46	1.99	9.34%	45.40%	17.37%	12/3/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ULTA, MA, and MO Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
12/3/2026	Q3 2027	ULTA Ulta Beauty	$5.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.99 billion	N/A
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	MA Mastercard	$5.17	$5.31	+$0.14	$5.28	$9.66 billion	$9.81 billion
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	MO Altria Group	$1.51	$1.52	+$0.01	$1.51	$5.31 billion	$5.44 billion
8/27/2026	Q2 2027	ULTA Ulta Beauty	$6.22	$6.55	+$0.33	$6.55	$2.99 billion	$3.04 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
MA Mastercard	$3.48	0.53%	+13.70%	18.20%	13 Years
MO Altria Group	$4.44	5.74%	+4.12%	91.74%	56 Years
ULTA Ulta Beauty	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ULTA, MA, and MO Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/29/2026	MA Mastercard	quarterly	$0.87	0.59%	10/9/2026	10/9/2026	11/9/2026
8/27/2026	MO Altria Group	quarterly	$1.11	6.37%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	10/9/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
MA Mastercard	3.29	1.01	1.01
MO Altria Group	N/A	0.58	0.45
ULTA Ulta Beauty	N/A	1.35	0.29

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MA Mastercard	97.28%
MO Altria Group	57.41%
ULTA Ulta Beauty	90.39%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MA Mastercard	0.09%
MO Altria Group	0.10%
ULTA Ulta Beauty	0.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MA Mastercard	39,800	871.18 million	870.39 million	Optionable
MO Altria Group	5,900	1.66 billion	1.66 billion	Optionable
ULTA Ulta Beauty	65,000	42.76 million	42.67 million	Optionable

ULTA, MA, and MO Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) Stock Has Average Price Target of $635.87 According to Brokerages

November 11 at 2:31 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $635.87 According to Brokerages

November 11 at 2:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Oura smart rings now sold at Ulta Beauty cosmetic stores

November 10 at 12:58 AM | msn.com

EXCLUSIVE: Glow Recipe Is Entering Ulta Beauty

November 10 at 7:57 PM | wwd.comW

How Flower Knows Built a $235M Business on Fairytale Beauty

November 10 at 2:56 PM | beautymatter.comB

Glow Recipe Launches Their Viral Eye Masks And Enters Ulta

November 10 at 2:56 PM | forbes.com

Ulta Beauty: From Cultural Signal to Consumer Cart

November 10 at 2:56 PM | beautymatter.comB

Glow RecipeEnters Ulta Beauty with Eye Patch Grinder

November 10 at 4:17 AM | msn.com

Major retailers like ULTA, TJ Maxx are piling into this fast-growing Texas town

November 9 at 6:01 PM | msn.com

Major retailers like ULTA, TJ Maxx are piling into this fast-growing Texas town

November 9 at 6:01 PM | msn.com

Rethink Retail Brings Together Supply Chain Executives from Converse, David Yurman, REI and More to Launch Cross-Industry Leadership Community

November 9 at 12:57 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Take the Zacks Approach to Beat the Markets: Ulta Beauty, Accenture, HCA in Focus

November 9 at 8:06 AM | zacks.com

Take the Zacks Approach to Beat the Markets: Ulta Beauty, Accenture, HCA in Focus

November 9 at 7:24 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Pictet Asset Management Holding SA Sells 8,521 Shares of Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

November 9 at 5:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) Price Target Raised to $685.00

November 9 at 2:18 AM | americanbankingnews.com

How Ulta’s credit card can help you save on every beauty buy

November 8 at 8:09 PM | msn.com

(37) Ulta Beauty stock: 2025 analysis, competition, and investment outlook

November 8 at 10:08 AM | msn.com

A K-beauty rival? C-beauty brands take on the global market with lines in Ulta, Boots

November 7, 2026 | scmp.com

Ulta Beauty’s early Black Friday sale is here: Save up to 50% on Clinque, Bobbi Brown and more

November 6, 2026 | msn.com

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Is Getting Fresh Attention, What Is The Market Weighing?

November 6, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Citigroup Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) Stock

November 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ULTA, MA, and MO Company Descriptions

Mastercard NYSE:MA

$660.63 +1.79 (+0.27%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$665.70 +5.07 (+0.77%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, digital partners, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides solutions that enable businesses or governments to make payments to businesses, including Virtual Card Number, which is generated dynamically from a physical card and leverages the credit limit of the funding account; a platform to optimize supplier payment enablement campaigns for financial institutions; and treasury intelligence platform that offers corporations with recommendations to enhance working capital performance and accelerate spend on cards. In addition, the company offers Mastercard Send, which partners with digital messaging and payment platforms to enable consumers to send money directly within applications to other consumers; and Mastercard Cross-Border Services enables a range of payment flows through a distribution network with a single point of access to send and receive money globally through various channels, including bank accounts, mobile wallets, cards, and cash payouts. Further, it provides cyber and intelligence solutions; insights and analytics, consulting, marketing, loyalty, processing, and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce merchants; and open banking and digital identity services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus name. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

Altria Group NYSE:MO

$77.37 +1.03 (+1.35%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$77.30 -0.07 (-0.09%)

As of 07:51 PM Eastern

Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States. The company offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; large cigars and pipe tobacco under the Black & Mild brand; moist smokeless tobacco and snus products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands; oral nicotine pouches under the on! brand; and e-vapor products under the NJOY ACE brand. It sells its products to distributors, as well as large retail organizations, such as chain stores. The company was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Ulta Beauty NASDAQ:ULTA

$659.08 -5.33 (-0.80%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$661.99 +2.91 (+0.44%)

As of 07:39 PM Eastern

Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States. The company offers branded and private label beauty products, including cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, professional hair products, and salon styling tools through its Ulta Beauty stores, shop-in-shops, Ulta.com website, and its mobile applications. It also offers beauty services, including hair, makeup, brow, and skin services at its stores. The company was formerly known as ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. and changed its name to Ulta Beauty, Inc. in January 2017. Ulta Beauty, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.

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