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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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 10.45% compared to Arhaus' net margin of 5.33%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 49.73% beat Arhaus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arhaus5.33% 20.08% 5.62%
Ulta Beauty 10.45%49.73%20.15%

Arhaus has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Arhaus had 2 more articles in the media than Ulta Beauty. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Arhaus and 35 mentions for Ulta Beauty. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Arhaus' score of 0.27 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ulta Beauty
27 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Arhaus currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.44%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus price target of $473.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.34%. Given Ulta Beauty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Ulta Beauty
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

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$1.27B1.34$68.55M$0.5024.26
Ulta Beauty$11.30B2.05$1.20B$25.6020.16

Summary

Ulta Beauty beats Arhaus on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ULTA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ULTA vs. The Competition

MetricUlta BeautyRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.20B$12.20B$26.72B$9.83B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%172.89%4.13%
P/E Ratio20.1616.7626.9525.33
Price / Sales2.051.8111.89104.15
Price / Cash15.7411.2617.2728.01
Price / Book9.624.285.705.87
Net Income$1.20B$608.19M$874.58M$265.22M
7 Day Performance1.15%5.42%1.24%1.13%
1 Month Performance8.22%7.41%-1.00%2.45%
1 Year Performance60.98%25.02%21.09%27.99%

Ulta Beauty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.3942 of 5 stars
$516.02
+3.5%
$473.00
-8.3%
+54.8%$23.20B$11.30B20.1658,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARHS
Arhaus
1.8838 of 5 stars
$9.02
+3.9%
$10.50
+16.4%
-11.8%$1.27B$1.27B22.002,550Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.5327 of 5 stars
$523.25
+0.1%
$467.33
-10.7%
+37.6%$19.45B$15.94B35.7449,272Positive News
FIVE
Five Below
3.0879 of 5 stars
$136.53
+2.5%
$119.00
-12.8%
+97.7%$7.52B$3.88B28.6223,200Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
BBW
Build-A-Bear Workshop
2.1978 of 5 stars
$50.85
+3.0%
$52.67
+3.6%
+105.7%$671.73M$496.40M12.225,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SBH
Sally Beauty
3.3026 of 5 stars
$9.97
+3.3%
$12.63
+26.7%
+16.6%$1.01B$3.70B5.6027,000Positive News
Earnings Report
TGT
Target
4.6596 of 5 stars
$99.71
-0.1%
$115.65
+16.0%
-23.2%$45.30B$105.88B10.96440,000Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
TSCO
Tractor Supply
4.1415 of 5 stars
$59.50
+3.2%
$61.80
+3.9%
+14.3%$31.55B$15.15B29.2052,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.7989 of 5 stars
$209.08
+1.1%
$221.50
+5.9%
+2.3%$16.74B$13.44B14.9656,100News Coverage
Analyst Revision
SIG
Signet Jewelers
3.6702 of 5 stars
$75.84
+0.7%
$88.86
+17.2%
+3.4%$3.12B$6.70B82.4427,595
WINA
Winmark
2.1223 of 5 stars
$382.36
+3.1%
N/A+8.5%$1.36B$81.29M34.0580Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ULTA) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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