NASDAQ:ULTA - Ulta Beauty Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Ulta Beauty announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Friday, March 16th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $625,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December, 6th. The specialty retailer reported $2.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.16 by $0.02. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.56 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 9.99% and a return on equity of 33.75%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.69 EPS. View Ulta Beauty's Earnings History.

Ulta Beauty is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, March 14th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Ulta Beauty updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.50-3.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.62. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.085-2.103 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.12 billion.Ulta Beauty also updated its Q4 2018 guidance to $3.50-3.55 EPS.

25 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their predictions range from $205.00 to $340.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $289.9130 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ulta Beauty.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

News headlines about ULTA stock have been trending positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.22%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%), Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.03%) and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.03%). Company insiders that own Ulta Beauty stock include Catherine Ann Halligan, Charles Heilbronn, Charles J Philippin, David C Kimbell, Dennis K Eck, Jeffrey J Childs, Lorna Nagler, Mary Dillon, Mary N Dillon, Michael R Macdonald, Robert F Diromualdo, Scott M Settersten and Vanessa Ames Wittman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ulta Beauty.

ULTA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., Scout Investments Inc., Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Sit Investment Associates Inc., HMS Capital Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Fulton Bank N.A.. Company insiders that have sold Ulta Beauty company stock in the last year include Catherine Ann Halligan, Charles J Philippin, Dennis K Eck, Jeffrey J Childs, Lorna Nagler, Mary N Dillon, Scott M Settersten and Vanessa Ames Wittman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ulta Beauty.

ULTA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, First American Trust FSB, QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pennsylvania Trust Co and Contravisory Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Ulta Beauty stock in the last two years include Charles Heilbronn and Michael R Macdonald. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ulta Beauty.

Shares of ULTA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ULTA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $282.01.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $16.30 billion and generates $5.88 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $555.23 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.16 on an earnings per share basis. Ulta Beauty employs 34,700 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ulta Beauty is http://www.ulta.com.

Ulta Beauty's mailing address is 1000 REMINGTON BLVD SUITE 120, BOLINGBROOK IL, 60440. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 630-410-4800 or via email at [email protected]