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

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

Ulta Beauty announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, March 16th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $625,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 29th. The specialty retailer reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.46 earnings per share. 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 updated 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 earnings per share 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 12 month price targets for Ulta Beauty's stock. Their forecasts range from $235.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect Ulta Beauty's stock price to reach $293.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% 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 negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ulta Beauty earned a daily sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. 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 volume of 1,380,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 6.2% of the company's shares 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 Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.13%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC (0.02%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%) and CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp (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, Hexavest Inc., National Investment Services Inc. WI, Fulton Bank N.A. and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd. 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 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 $248.46.

Ulta Beauty has a market capitalization of $14.62 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]