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 of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Friday, March 16th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $625,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 29th. The specialty retailer reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.03. The specialty retailer earned $1.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.68 billion. Ulta Beauty had a return on equity of 37.04% and a net margin of 9.86%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.86-12.06 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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.

23 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their predictions range from $235.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's stock price to reach $291.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.2% 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 11 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

News articles about ULTA stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 news sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely 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 in 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 volume of 1,380,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 6.2% of the shares of the company 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (0.88%), Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), Strs Ohio (0.30%), Alta Capital Management LLC (0.19%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.13%) and Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.12%). 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 State of Michigan Retirement System, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Strs Ohio, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and First Hawaiian 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 Alta Capital Management LLC, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Valicenti Advisory Services Inc., Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 $236.91.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $13.94 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]