NASDAQ:ULTAUlta Beauty Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ulta Beauty's stock was trading at $221.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ULTA shares have decreased by 8.0% and is now trading at $203.57. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 28th. The specialty retailer reported ($1.39) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.61 by $2.00. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.27 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 6.37% and a return on equity of 24.36%. Ulta Beauty's revenue was down 32.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.26 earnings per share. View Ulta Beauty's earnings history.

Ulta Beauty declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, March 12th 2020, which allows the company to buyback $1,600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 12.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

27 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Ulta Beauty's shares. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $258.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ulta Beauty.

Media headlines about ULTA stock have trended very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Ulta Beauty.

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

Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Modus Advisors LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Ulta Beauty stock 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 institutional ownership trends for Ulta Beauty.

ULTA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Modus Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Ulta Beauty stock in the last two years include Charles Heilbronn, Mary N Dillon, and Sally E Blount. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $203.57.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $11.46 billion and generates $7.40 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $705.95 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.91 on an earnings per share basis. Ulta Beauty employs 44,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ulta Beauty is 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]