NASDAQ:ULTAUlta Beauty Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ulta Beauty's stock was trading at $221.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (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 for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $2.00. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.17 billion for 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%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 32.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.26 EPS. View Ulta Beauty's earnings history.

Ulta Beauty announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, March 12th 2020, which permits the company to repurchase $1,600,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 12.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

27 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ulta Beauty.

News articles about ULTA stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Ulta Beauty.

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

Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Modus Advisors LLC. 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]