Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" ULTA shares.
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21 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their ULTA share price forecasts range from $350.00 to $650.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $547.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.5% from the stock's current price.
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Ulta Beauty's stock was trading at $469.07 at the start of the year. Since then, ULTA shares have decreased by 9.9% and is now trading at $422.40.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 24th 2023.
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Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 25th. The specialty retailer reported $6.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $6.82 by $0.06. The specialty retailer earned $2.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.62 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 11.98% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 65.62%. Ulta Beauty's revenue for the quarter was up 12.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $6.30 earnings per share.
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Ulta Beauty issued an update on its FY24 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $24.70-$25.40 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $25.35. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.0-$11.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.09 billion.

2,453 employees have rated Ulta Beauty Chief Executive Officer Mary Dillon on Glassdoor.com. Mary Dillon has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

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Ulta Beauty trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ULTA."

Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.72%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (4.74%), State Street Corp (3.99%), FMR LLC (3.30%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.98%) and Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (2.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Anita Jane Ryan, Catherine Ann Halligan, Charles Heilbronn, George R Mrkonic Jr, George R Mrkonic, Jr, Jeffrey J Childs, Jodi J Caro, Kecia Steelman, Lorna Nagler, Mary N Dillon, Michael R Macdonald, Mike C Smith, Robert F Diromualdo, Sally E Blount and Scott M Settersten.
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Shares of ULTA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ULTA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $422.40.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) has a market capitalization of $21.04 billion and generates $10.21 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $1.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $24.60 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 53,000 workers across the globe.

Ulta Beauty's mailing address is 1000 REMINGTON BLVD SUITE 120, BOLINGBROOK IL, 60440. The official website for the company is www.ulta.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (630) 410-4800 or via email at investorrelations@ulta.com.