NASDAQ:ULTAUlta Beauty Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ulta Beauty's stock was trading at $221.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ULTA shares have decreased by 13.2% and is now trading at $191.94. 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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 28th. The specialty retailer reported ($1.39) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 6.37% and a return on equity of 24.36%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 32.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.26 earnings per share. View Ulta Beauty's earnings history.

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

27 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $258.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ulta Beauty.

News stories about ULTA stock have been trending extremely negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a news impact score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,720,000 shares, a drop 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 presently 2.1 days. Approximately 5.1% of the company's shares 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.44%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.15%), Wesbanco Bank Inc. (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Farmers Trust Co. (0.02%) and Robecosam AG (0.01%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Bath Savings Trust Co, and Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ. Company insiders that have sold Ulta Beauty company stock in the last year include Catherine Ann Halligan, and Jeffrey J Childs. View insider buying and selling activity for Ulta Beauty.

ULTA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Farmers Trust Co., Lake Street Financial LLC, Arden Trust Co, Everence Capital Management Inc., Wesbanco Bank Inc., Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $191.94.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $10.81 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]