Ulta Beauty Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:ULTA)

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

Ulta Beauty declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 29th. The specialty retailer reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.03. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.68 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 9.86% and a return on equity of 37.04%. Ulta Beauty's quarterly revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.46 EPS. View Ulta Beauty's Earnings History.

Ulta Beauty is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ulta Beauty.

Ulta Beauty will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, December 5th 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, August, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $11.86-12.06 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $12.97. The company issued revenue guidance of +9-12% to $7.32-7.52, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.54 billion.

24 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Ulta Beauty's shares. Their predictions range from $235.00 to $330.00. On average, they anticipate Ulta Beauty's stock price to reach $293.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ulta Beauty.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ulta Beauty in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

Media headlines about ULTA stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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 during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,480,000 shares, an increase of 13.7% from the August 30th total of 3,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,380,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 6.2% 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.13%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.10%), CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%) and Bender Robert & Associates (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 Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Cim LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Hexavest Inc.. 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Quattro Financial Advisors LLC and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $244.98.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $14.42 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]