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

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 29th. The specialty retailer reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.03. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.68 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 9.86% and a return on equity of 37.04%. The company's revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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 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 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 targets for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their forecasts range from $235.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's share price to reach $293.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.0% 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.

Press coverage about ULTA stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a news sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely 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 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 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.13%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Bender Robert & Associates (0.04%), Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). 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 Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, Cim LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Hexavest Inc., Bender Robert & Associates, National Investment Services Inc. WI and Financial Gravity Wealth 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, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC, Quattro Financial Advisors LLC, Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC, Lucia Wealth Services LLC and Altman Advisors Inc.. 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 $247.02.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $14.54 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]