ULTA vs. TSCO, DKS, FIVE, SIG, WINA, SBH, ODP, HZO, BGFV, and JD
Should you be buying Ulta Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ulta Beauty include Tractor Supply (TSCO), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Winmark (WINA), Sally Beauty (SBH), ODP (ODP), MarineMax (HZO), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and JD.com (JD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ulta Beauty vs.
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Ulta Beauty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tractor Supply. Ulta Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tractor Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.40%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 51.95% beat Tractor Supply's return on equity.
90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ulta Beauty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus price target of $460.91, indicating a potential upside of 1.00%. Tractor Supply has a consensus price target of $58.02, indicating a potential upside of 13.49%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tractor Supply is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.
Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 9 more articles in the media than Tractor Supply. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 18 mentions for Tractor Supply. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Tractor Supply's score of 1.08 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ulta Beauty received 274 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.52% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 68.02% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats Tractor Supply on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ULTA) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
