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ULTA vs. ARHS, CASY, FIVE, BBW, SBH, TGT, TSCO, DKS, SIG, and WINA

Should you be buying Ulta Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ulta Beauty include Arhaus (ARHS), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Five Below (FIVE), Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW), Sally Beauty (SBH), Target (TGT), Tractor Supply (TSCO), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Signet Jewelers (SIG), and Winmark (WINA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Ulta Beauty vs. Its Competitors

Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Ulta Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Arhaus. Ulta Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arhaus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arhaus$1.27B1.23$68.55M$0.5022.12
Ulta Beauty$11.30B2.07$1.20B$26.0820.00

Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Arhaus' net margin of 5.33%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 48.78% beat Arhaus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arhaus5.33% 20.08% 5.62%
Ulta Beauty 10.31%48.78%19.55%

Arhaus presently has a consensus price target of $10.92, indicating a potential downside of 1.24%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus price target of $543.13, indicating a potential upside of 4.15%. Given Ulta Beauty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ulta Beauty is more favorable than Arhaus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arhaus
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24
Ulta Beauty
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52

27.9% of Arhaus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Arhaus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Arhaus has a beta of 2.58, suggesting that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 34 more articles in the media than Arhaus. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 6 mentions for Arhaus. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Arhaus' score of 0.61 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arhaus
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ulta Beauty
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Ulta Beauty beats Arhaus on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ULTA vs. The Competition

MetricUlta BeautyRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.38B$12.44B$27.64B$10.45B
Dividend YieldN/A2.22%172.51%4.57%
P/E Ratio20.0017.6220.8326.85
Price / Sales2.072.079.65178.85
Price / Cash16.4712.4918.1131.15
Price / Book9.724.435.356.42
Net Income$1.20B$608.12M$874.35M$271.73M
7 Day Performance-0.88%0.48%2.87%2.82%
1 Month Performance-1.52%0.14%5.27%6.60%
1 Year Performance29.72%8.11%22.21%28.60%

Ulta Beauty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
4.0061 of 5 stars
$521.47
-2.5%
$543.13
+4.2%
+29.7%$23.38B$11.30B20.0058,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
ARHS
Arhaus
1.5027 of 5 stars
$11.02
+2.3%
$10.83
-1.7%
-15.8%$1.55B$1.27B22.042,550
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.3787 of 5 stars
$554.91
+0.2%
$505.25
-8.9%
+48.6%$20.63B$15.94B35.6249,272Positive News
FIVE
Five Below
3.1666 of 5 stars
$146.96
+5.0%
$143.56
-2.3%
+59.3%$8.10B$4.23B29.7523,200Trending News
BBW
Build-A-Bear Workshop
2.7104 of 5 stars
$75.43
+2.0%
$68.00
-9.9%
+123.6%$990.40M$496.40M16.915,100
SBH
Sally Beauty
3.4741 of 5 stars
$15.78
+5.2%
$13.88
-12.0%
+14.7%$1.56B$3.72B8.4827,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
TGT
Target
4.9682 of 5 stars
$88.55
-1.6%
$113.74
+28.4%
-43.1%$40.24B$106.57B10.32440,000Dividend Increase
TSCO
Tractor Supply
4.1251 of 5 stars
$59.61
-1.6%
$61.80
+3.7%
+8.5%$31.59B$14.88B29.2552,000Positive News
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.8425 of 5 stars
$225.78
+1.9%
$235.83
+4.5%
+4.5%$18.08B$13.77B15.7756,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SIG
Signet Jewelers
2.7012 of 5 stars
$92.40
+1.5%
$97.71
+5.8%
+0.8%$3.80B$6.78B31.0127,595Positive News
WINA
Winmark
2.642 of 5 stars
$498.25
+1.9%
N/A+32.0%$1.77B$83.40M44.3780

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This page (NASDAQ:ULTA) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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