Ulta Beauty Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:ULTA)

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

Ulta Beauty declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Friday, March 16th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $625,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 29th. The specialty retailer reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.03. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.68 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 9.86% and a return on equity of 37.04%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.46 earnings per share. View Ulta Beauty's Earnings History.

Ulta Beauty is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $11.86-12.06 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $12.97. The company issued revenue guidance of +9-12% to $7.32-7.52, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.54 billion.

24 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their predictions range from $235.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $293.86 in the next year. 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 11 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

Media headlines about ULTA stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 news impact score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,480,000 shares, an increase of 13.7% from the August 30th total of 3,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,380,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 6.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Ulta Beauty's Current Options Chain.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.13%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC (0.02%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%) and CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp (0.02%). 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 N Dillon, Robert F Diromualdo, Sally E Blount, 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 Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, Hexavest Inc., National Investment Services Inc. WI, Fulton Bank N.A. and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Ulta Beauty company stock in the last year 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 Insider Buying and Selling for Ulta Beauty.

ULTA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC, Quattro Financial Advisors LLC, Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC, Lucia Wealth Services LLC and Altman Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Ulta Beauty stock in the last two years include Charles Heilbronn and Mary N Dillon. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ULTA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $248.46.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $14.62 billion and generates $6.72 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $658.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $10.85 on an earnings per share basis. Ulta Beauty employs 44,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ulta Beauty.

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]