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 of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Friday, March 16th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $625,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 6th. The specialty retailer reported $2.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.16 by $0.02. The specialty retailer earned $1.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.56 billion. Ulta Beauty had a return on equity of 33.75% and a net margin of 9.99%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.69 earnings per share. View Ulta Beauty's Earnings History.

Ulta Beauty is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, March 14th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Ulta Beauty issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.50-3.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Ulta Beauty's shares. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $340.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $290.1739 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ulta Beauty.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

News coverage about ULTA stock has been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a coverage optimism score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.59%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.37%), Two Sigma Advisers LP (1.32%), Northern Trust Corp (1.12%) and Jennison Associates LLC (0.81%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Montag & Caldwell LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt and Jennison Associates LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Advisers LP, SPF Beheer BV, Castleark Management LLC, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, First Manhattan Co., Owl Creek Asset Management L.P. and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $306.91.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $18.20 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]