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 stock repurchase program on Friday, March 16th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $625,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 6th. The specialty retailer reported $2.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.16 by $0.02. The specialty retailer earned $1.56 billion during 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%. Ulta Beauty's revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.69 EPS. View Ulta Beauty's Earnings History.

Ulta Beauty is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 14th 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 issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.50-3.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $340.00. On average, they anticipate Ulta Beauty's stock price to reach $289.9130 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%. 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.

Media stories about ULTA stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a news impact score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.59%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.37%), Two Sigma Advisers LP (1.32%), Northern Trust Corp (1.12%) and Jennison Associates LLC (0.81%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Montag & Caldwell LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt and Jennison Associates LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Advisers LP, SPF Beheer BV, Castleark Management LLC, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, First Manhattan Co., Owl Creek Asset Management L.P. and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $306.36.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $18.17 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]