NASDAQ:ULTA - Ulta Beauty Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ulta Beauty announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, March 16th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $625,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) announced its earnings results on Thursday, December, 5th. The specialty retailer reported $2.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.13 by $0.12. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.69 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 9.67% and a return on equity of 36.91%. The business's revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.18 EPS. View Ulta Beauty's Earnings History.

Ulta Beauty is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, March 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Ulta Beauty updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $11.93-12.03 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $11.92. The company issued revenue guidance of +10% to $7.39 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.41 billion.

23 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their forecasts range from $228.00 to $330.00. On average, they anticipate Ulta Beauty's stock price to reach $283.32 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ulta Beauty.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

News headlines about ULTA stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 4,020,000 shares, a decline of 12.8% from the January 30th total of 4,610,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 7.4% of the shares of the stock 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 Alliancebernstein L.P. (5.24%), State Street Corp (4.40%), FMR LLC (2.93%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.38%) and Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (1.21%). 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 Alliancebernstein L.P., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Strs Ohio, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Blair William & Co. IL and AQR Capital Management 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Spyglass Capital Management LLC, Tobam, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Victory Capital Management 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 $257.09.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $14.70 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]