Compare Stocks: EL, ULTA, and ELF

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
EL Estee Lauder Companies	$98.92 -2.7%	$89.49	$66.22 ▼ $121.64	$35.85B	1.28	3.93 million shs	1.42 million shs
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	$100.48 -3.7%	$89.33	$48.82 ▼ $150.99	$5.94B	1.6	2.73 million shs	811,153 shs
ULTA Ulta Beauty	$547.55 -0.3%	$509.19	$443.60 ▼ $714.97	$23.42B	0.85	697,970 shs	205,244 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EL Estee Lauder Companies	-2.07%	+1.78%	+15.08%	+18.98%	+14.44%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	-5.05%	-1.46%	+5.27%	+78.82%	-24.68%
ULTA Ulta Beauty	-2.64%	+0.65%	-2.82%	+16.67%	+5.66%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EL Estee Lauder Companies	$98.92 -2.7%	$89.49	$66.22 ▼ $121.64	$35.85B	1.28	3.93 million shs	1.42 million shs
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	$100.48 -3.7%	$89.33	$48.82 ▼ $150.99	$5.94B	1.6	2.73 million shs	811,153 shs
ULTA Ulta Beauty	$547.55 -0.3%	$509.19	$443.60 ▼ $714.97	$23.42B	0.85	697,970 shs	205,244 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EL Estee Lauder Companies	-2.07%	+1.78%	+15.08%	+18.98%	+14.44%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	-5.05%	-1.46%	+5.27%	+78.82%	-24.68%
ULTA Ulta Beauty	-2.64%	+0.65%	-2.82%	+16.67%	+5.66%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EL Estee Lauder Companies	2.42	Hold	$104.67	5.16% Upside
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	2.72	Moderate Buy	$92.13	-9.62% Downside
ULTA Ulta Beauty	2.71	Moderate Buy	$624.57	15.09% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest EL, ULTA, and ELF Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/8/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$580.00
8/31/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
8/30/2026	EL Estee Lauder Companies	China Intl Cap Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
8/28/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$631.00
8/28/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$735.00 ➝ $710.00
8/28/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$560.00 ➝ $580.00
8/28/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$648.00 ➝ $667.00
8/28/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$650.00
8/28/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$647.00 ➝ $645.00
8/28/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Strong-Buy	$700.00
8/28/2026	ULTA Ulta Beauty	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$585.00 ➝ $625.00

(Data available from 9/9/2023 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
EL Estee Lauder Companies	$15.05B	2.39	$4.53 per share	21.96	$10.52 per share	9.46
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	$1.64B	3.68	$3.12 per share	32.69	$19.15 per share	5.32
ULTA Ulta Beauty	$12.96B	1.79	$31.53 per share	17.21	$61.83 per share	8.78

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
EL Estee Lauder Companies	$182M	$0.49	203.08	25.20	1.20	1.21%	23.52%	4.72%	11/2/2026 (Estimated)
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	$26.32M	$1.00	101.94	35.77	3.41	3.38%	14.07%	6.81%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
ULTA Ulta Beauty	$1.15B	$27.44	19.95	16.84	1.69	9.34%	45.40%	17.37%	N/A

Latest EL, ULTA, and ELF Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/27/2026	Q2 2027	ULTA Ulta Beauty	$6.22	$6.55	+$0.33	$6.55	$2.99 billion	$3.04 billion
8/19/2026	Q4 2026	EL Estee Lauder Companies	$0.3191	$0.39	+$0.0709	-$0.32	$3.55 billion	$3.64 billion
8/5/2026	Q1 2027	ELF e.l.f. Beauty	$0.7140	$1.75	+$1.0360	$1.12	$431.21 million	$479.37 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EL Estee Lauder Companies	$1.40	1.42%	-7.52%	285.71%	N/A
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ULTA Ulta Beauty	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest EL, ULTA, and ELF Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/18/2026	EL Estee Lauder Companies	quarterly	$0.35	1.37%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EL Estee Lauder Companies	1.79	1.22	0.90
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	0.69	2.55	1.82
ULTA Ulta Beauty	N/A	1.35	0.29

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EL Estee Lauder Companies	55.15%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	92.44%
ULTA Ulta Beauty	90.39%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EL Estee Lauder Companies	13.05%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	3.50%
ULTA Ulta Beauty	0.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EL Estee Lauder Companies	55,000	361.80 million	314.58 million	Optionable
ELF e.l.f. Beauty	300	59.01 million	56.94 million	Optionable
ULTA Ulta Beauty	65,000	42.76 million	42.67 million	Optionable

EL, ULTA, and ELF Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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Ulta Beauty Keeps Growing, But I Am Still Reluctant To Buy - And Here Are The Reasons Why

September 9 at 7:31 AM | seekingalpha.com

HighTower Advisors LLC Has $26.62 Million Holdings in Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

September 9 at 4:01 AM | marketbeat.com

Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA Shares Purchased by California State Teachers Retirement System

September 9 at 3:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Walmart, Ulta and Other Retailers That Can Win With AI

September 8 at 2:40 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Falls as Investors Weigh Margin Pressure After Strong Quarter

September 8 at 1:51 PM | quiverquant.comQ

Walmart, Ulta and Other Retailers That Can Win With AI

September 8 at 1:38 PM | barrons.com

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Purchases New Position in Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

September 8 at 5:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Why Beauty Retailers Like Sephora, TikTok Shop and More are Partnering

September 8 at 4:34 AM | msn.com

Allianz Asset Management GmbH Buys 11,362 Shares of Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

September 8 at 3:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Amundi Has $245.64 Million Stock Position in Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

September 8 at 3:05 AM | marketbeat.com

‘It was a joke’: Ulta Beauty worker films video inside store reading a customer’s Starbucks order, then they get fired for ‘harassing’ and ‘bullying’

September 7 at 5:25 PM | msn.com

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September 7 at 12:23 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Purchases 63,931 Shares of Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

September 7 at 5:04 AM | marketbeat.com

AXQ Capital LP Makes New Investment in Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

September 7 at 3:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA Shares Purchased by Raiffeisen Bank International AG

September 6 at 5:12 AM | marketbeat.com

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September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Munich Reinsurance Co Stock Corp in Munich Has $3.06 Million Holdings in Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Nykredit A S Makes New Investment in Ulta Beauty Inc. $ULTA

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Shoppers outraged over Ulta stores allowing Flock cameras

September 4, 2026 | msn.com

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EL, ULTA, and ELF Company Descriptions

Estee Lauder Companies NYSE:EL

$98.92 -2.77 (-2.72%)

As of 02:52 PM Eastern

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. It offers skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as lipsticks, lip glosses, mascaras, foundations, eyeshadows, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. The company also provides fragrance products in various forms comprising eau de parfum sprays and colognes, as well as lotions, powders, creams, candles, and soaps; and hair care products, including shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair color products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. It offers its products under the Estée Lauder, Clinique, Origins, M·A·C, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone London, TOM FORD, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, and The Ordinary brands. The company sells its products through department stores, specialty-multi retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and salons and spas; freestanding stores; its own and authorized retailer websites; third-party online malls; stores in airports; and duty-free locations. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

e.l.f. Beauty NYSE:ELF

$100.48 -3.83 (-3.67%)

As of 02:52 PM Eastern

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of inclusive, accessible, clean, vegan and cruelty free cosmetics and skin care products. The company focuses on the e-commerce, national retailers and international business channels. Its brands include elf, elf skin, WELL People and KEYS soulcare. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Ulta Beauty NASDAQ:ULTA

$547.55 -1.68 (-0.31%)

As of 02:52 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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