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 has approved a stock buyback 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 management believes its stock is undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 6th. The specialty retailer reported $2.18 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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%. The company's revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $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 updated 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.

24 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $340.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $292.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ulta Beauty.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

Headlines about ULTA stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc (9.74%), BlackRock Inc. (8.75%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.50%), FMR LLC (2.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.42%) and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (1.34%). 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 Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Steadfast Capital Management LP, Prudential Financial Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Jennison Associates LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Westwood Management Corp IL. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Alliancebernstein L.P., Franklin Resources Inc., Rehmann Capital Advisory Group, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Factory Mutual Insurance Co.. 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 $246.85.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $14.64 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]