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

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

Ulta Beauty announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Friday, March 16th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $625,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 29th. The specialty retailer reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.03. The specialty retailer earned $1.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.68 billion. Ulta Beauty had a return on equity of 37.04% and a net margin of 9.86%. The company's revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. 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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.86-12.06 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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.

22 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Ulta Beauty's shares. Their predictions range from $235.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $295.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ulta Beauty.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 12 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 negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a news sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,369,700 shares, an increase of 20.0% from the July 31st total of 2,808,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 752,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Currently, 6.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Ulta Beauty's Current Options Chain.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.09%), BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.03%), Invesco Ltd. (2.62%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.96%). 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 Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Tobam, Marshall Wace LLP, Jennison Associates LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Factory Mutual Insurance Co. and HS Management Partners LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC and APG Asset Management N.V.. 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 $228.75.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $13.46 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]