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ULTA vs. TSCO, DKS, FIVE, SIG, WINA, SBH, HZO, ODP, 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), MarineMax (HZO), ODP (ODP), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and JD.com (JD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Ulta Beauty vs.

Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Ulta Beauty has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tractor Supply$14.96B1.79$1.10B$2.0125.05
Ulta Beauty$11.30B1.57$1.29B$25.3715.49

Ulta Beauty received 259 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.61% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 68.06% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tractor SupplyOutperform Votes
1047
69.61%
Underperform Votes
457
30.39%
Ulta BeautyOutperform Votes
1306
68.06%
Underperform Votes
613
31.94%

Tractor Supply currently has a consensus target price of $58.02, suggesting a potential upside of 15.23%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus target price of $427.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.72%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Tractor Supply is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tractor Supply
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Ulta Beauty
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 36 more articles in the media than Ulta Beauty. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Tractor Supply and 35 mentions for Ulta Beauty. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Tractor Supply's score of 0.53 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tractor Supply
31 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ulta Beauty
29 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tractor Supply7.40% 49.01% 11.32%
Ulta Beauty 10.58%51.95%20.88%

98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tractor Supply beats Ulta Beauty on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ULTA vs. The Competition

MetricUlta BeautyRetail stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.74B$3.82B$24.12B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A3.68%170.04%4.22%
P/E Ratio15.726.2722.6818.54
Price / Sales1.572.134.25103.34
Price / Cash11.607.8519.4134.62
Price / Book8.372.345.764.25
Net Income$1.29B$204.42M$786.75M$248.18M
7 Day Performance1.81%-2.13%0.62%1.25%
1 Month Performance5.09%-8.13%-2.09%3.76%
1 Year Performance-2.28%-18.76%3.37%5.28%

Ulta Beauty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.7282 of 5 stars
$392.93
-0.7%
$427.17
+8.7%
-2.3%$17.74B$11.30B15.7240,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TSCO
Tractor Supply
4.1706 of 5 stars
$48.81
-2.2%
$58.47
+19.8%
-7.2%$25.96B$14.88B23.9449,000
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.9929 of 5 stars
$190.22
+1.3%
$244.72
+28.7%
-5.4%$15.18B$13.44B13.5950,800Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FIVE
Five Below
4.2756 of 5 stars
$75.39
0.0%
$94.30
+25.1%
-46.9%$4.15B$3.88B15.5320,200Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
SIG
Signet Jewelers
3.68 of 5 stars
$59.02
-0.1%
$79.60
+34.9%
-37.4%$2.53B$6.70B6.7930,900Analyst Forecast
WINA
Winmark
1.5185 of 5 stars
$364.88
+0.4%
$445.00
+22.0%
+0.8%$1.29B$83.10M33.5180Positive News
SBH
Sally Beauty
3.9517 of 5 stars
$8.04
+3.1%
$12.70
+58.1%
-23.4%$818.18M$3.72B4.8129,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
HZO
MarineMax
4.3293 of 5 stars
$22.40
-2.2%
$38.50
+71.9%
-9.9%$506.05M$2.42B9.363,410
ODP
ODP
4.5186 of 5 stars
$13.26
-0.4%
$28.00
+111.1%
-72.7%$394.94M$6.99B-14.5526,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
BGFV
Big 5 Sporting Goods
0.1985 of 5 stars
$0.89
-1.0%
N/A-72.1%$20.24M$795.47M-0.348,700Earnings Report
News Coverage
JD
JD.com
4.9156 of 5 stars
$32.70
+0.5%
$49.27
+50.7%
+12.2%$51.55B$1.16T10.34385,400Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:ULTA) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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