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

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

Ulta Beauty declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Friday, March 16th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $625,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The specialty retailer reported $2.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.13 by $0.12. The specialty retailer earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.69 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 9.67% and a return on equity of 36.91%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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 EPS guidance of $11.93-12.03 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 shares. Their forecasts range from $228.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's stock price to reach $283.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% 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, 10 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

News articles about ULTA stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 4,670,000 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the November 28th total of 4,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,520,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Currently, 8.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Ulta Beauty's Current Options Chain.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.06%), CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.04%) and Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.04%). 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., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Hexavest Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, First National Bank of Omaha and Huntington National Bank. 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Eidelman Virant Capital, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Campbell Capital Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, First Hawaiian Bank and Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC. 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 $272.89.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $15.60 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]