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 has authorized a stock 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The specialty retailer reported $2.25 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.13 by $0.12. The specialty retailer earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.69 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 9.67% and a return on equity of 36.91%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.18 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Ulta Beauty's stock. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.9% 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.

Press coverage about ULTA stock has trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 trading volume, of 1,520,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 8.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Ulta Beauty's Current Options Chain.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (1.21%), SPF Beheer BV (0.44%), Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.12%) and Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.07%). 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 Strs Ohio, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Valicenti Advisory Services Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Marathon Asset Management LLP and Nisa Investment Advisors 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 Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Janney Capital Management LLC, CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Eidelman Virant Capital, SPF Beheer BV and Covenant Asset Management 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 $272.98.

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]