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 initiated a stock repurchase program on Friday, March 16th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $625,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 29th. The specialty retailer reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.03. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.67 billion for 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Ulta Beauty's shares. Their predictions range from $235.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $291.90 in the next year. 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.

Press coverage about ULTA stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage 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 near future. 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. Currently, 6.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Ulta Beauty's Current Options Chain.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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]