NASDAQ:ULTAUlta Beauty Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ulta Beauty's stock was trading at $221.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ULTA stock has decreased by 8.0% and is now trading at $203.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 28th. The specialty retailer reported ($1.39) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.61 by $2.00. The specialty retailer earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.27 billion. Ulta Beauty had a return on equity of 24.36% and a net margin of 6.37%. Ulta Beauty's revenue was down 32.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.26 earnings per share. View Ulta Beauty's earnings history.

Ulta Beauty announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, March 12th 2020, which permits the company to buyback $1,600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 12.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

27 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's stock price to reach $258.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ulta Beauty.

Media coverage about ULTA stock has trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,720,000 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the June 15th total of 2,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 5.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Ulta Beauty's Current Options Chain.

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

Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fulton Bank N. A. (0.01%) and Modus Advisors LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Ulta Beauty stock include Catherine Ann Halligan, Charles Heilbronn, David C Kimbell, Dennis K Eck, Jeffrey J Childs, Lorna Nagler, Mary N Dillon, Robert F Diromualdo, Sally E Blount and Scott M Settersten. View institutional ownership trends for Ulta Beauty.

ULTA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Modus Advisors LLC, and Fulton Bank N. A.. Company insiders that have bought Ulta Beauty stock in the last two years include Charles Heilbronn, Mary N Dillon, and Sally E Blount. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ULTA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $203.59.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $11.46 billion and generates $7.40 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $705.95 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.91 on an earnings per share basis. Ulta Beauty employs 44,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ulta Beauty is 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]