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

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

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

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December, 6th. The specialty retailer reported $2.18 earnings per share 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 net margin of 9.99% and a return on equity of 33.75%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous 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 21st 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 EPS 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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Ulta Beauty's shares. Their predictions range from $205.00 to $340.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $289.9130 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%. 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 6 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

Media headlines about ULTA stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a daily sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 5.0 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.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.22%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.08%), Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.03%). 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 Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., Scout Investments Inc., Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Gradient Investments LLC, HMS Capital Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, First American Trust FSB, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Landsberg Bennett & Dubbaneh 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 $291.50.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $16.73 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]