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 of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan 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. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The specialty retailer reported $2.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.13 by $0.12. The specialty retailer earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.69 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 9.67% and a return on equity of 36.91%. The business's revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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 (EPS) 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 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives 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 $283.32 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. 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, 9 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ulta Beauty.

News coverage about ULTA stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a news sentiment score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ulta Beauty.

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Ulta Beauty's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.40%), FMR LLC (2.93%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.38%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (1.21%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (1.19%) and Sustainable Growth Advisers LP (0.95%). 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 UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Strs Ohio, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Blair William & Co. IL, AQR Capital Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Retirement Systems of Alabama. 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 Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Spyglass Capital Management LLC, Tobam, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Victory Capital Management 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 $294.57.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $16.84 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]