Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA)Consumer Cyclical | Specialty Retail | Bolingbrook, United States | NasdaqGS
592.42 USD
+13.42
(2.318%)
⇧
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 590.00 -2.42 (-2.420%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:34 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:25 a.m. EDT
Ulta Beauty presents a compelling long-term investment case driven by exceptional capital efficiency and a robust recovery trajectory. The company boasts a 46% return on equity and has delivered a 128% cumulative gain over the past nine years, with the most recent fiscal year showing a 53% price appreciation. While the forward P/E of 17.8x suggests the market is pricing in continued growth, the balance sheet carries a notable debt load relative to equity, which warrants monitoring. On the short end, technicals are supportive with the stock trading above both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, and options flow indicates bullish positioning at higher price targets despite a neutral statistical forecast. The absence of a dividend program means investors must rely entirely on capital appreciation, which the fundamentals currently support, though the lack of a multi-year 15% revenue growth streak prevents a top-tier rating. Overall, this is a solid buy for growth-oriented portfolios willing to tolerate valuation premiums for quality execution. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.095426 |
| AutoETS | 0.095427 |
| MSTL | 0.099281 |
| AutoTheta | 0.123889 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 2.65 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.101 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.39 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2012-03-15 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2012-03-15 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 95.472 |
| Revenue per Share | 294.799 |
| Market Cap | 25,330,380,800 |
| Trailing P/E | 21.59 |
| Forward P/E | 18.46 |
| Beta | 0.84 |
| Profit Margins | 9.34% |
| Website | https://www.ulta.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 11:25 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for continued upside with significant call volume at higher strikes (710, 740) and major option open interest walls supporting the current price level. Put activity remains concentrated at lower strikes (515, 535), establishing a floor, while implied volatility is elevated at both extremes suggesting uncertainty around a potential breakout or pullback.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-16 | 1.0 | 1.128923 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.10260749 |
| Address1 | 1,000 Remington Boulevard |
| Address2 | Suite 120 |
| All Time High | 714.97 |
| All Time Low | 4.11 |
| Ask | 544.97 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 422,880 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 577,660 |
| Average Volume | 577,660 |
| Average Volume10Days | 422,880 |
| Beta | 0.838 |
| Bid | 588.5 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 61.762 |
| City | Bolingbrook |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 592.42 |
| Current Ratio | 1.345 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 592.625 |
| Day Low | 572.92 |
| Debt To Equity | 95.472 |
| Display Name | Ulta Beauty |
| Dividend Date | 1,337,040,000 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,748,550,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,748,550,600 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.133 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.081 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,796,328,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,796,328,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,796,328,000 |
| Ebitda | 1,934,352,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.14931 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.29 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.134 |
| Enterprise Value | 27,640,961,024 |
| Eps Current Year | 28.99573 |
| Eps Forward | 32.08722 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 27.44 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,331,856,000 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 543.2686 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 49.151367 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.09047341 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 10.260749 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 714.97 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -122.54999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.17140578 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 443.6 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 148.81998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.33548236 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 443.6 - 714.97 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,193,319,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 42,593,282 |
| Forward Eps | 32.08722 |
| Forward P E | 18.462803 |
| Free Cashflow | 914,087,360 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 21,382 |
| Fullday Change | 13.409973 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.3160574 |
| Fullday Price | 592.42 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.43097 |
| Gross Profits | 5,583,440,896 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0025 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.03732 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 42,757,471 |
| Industry | Specialty Retail |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Retail |
| Industry Key | specialty-retail |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,331,856,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 1.0 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,769,817,600 |
| Long Business Summary | Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States, Mexico, and Kuwait. The company offers branded and private label beauty products, including cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, professional hair products, and salon styling tools through its Ulta Beauty stores, shop-in-shops, Ulta.com website, and its mobile applications. It also provides wellness products. The company was formerly known as ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. and changed its name to Ulta Beauty, Inc. in January 2017. Ulta Beauty, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois. |
| Long Name | Ulta Beauty, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 25,330,380,800 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_35929 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,785,542,400 |
| Net Income To Common | 1,210,027,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,801,353,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 23,251,940,304 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 25 |
| Open | 572.92 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,567,826,944 |
| Operating Margins | 0.12505999 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.82 |
| Phone | 630 410 4800 |
| Post Market Change | -2.419983 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.4084911 |
| Post Market Price | 590.0 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,017,278 |
| Previous Close | 579.0 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 20.431284 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 9.591982 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.955181 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0934 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.203 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.78571 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 13.42 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.31779 |
| Regular Market Day High | 592.625 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 572.92 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 572.92 - 592.625 |
| Regular Market Open | 572.92 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 579.0 |
| Regular Market Price | 592.42 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 603,913 |
| Return On Assets | 0.14843 |
| Return On Equity | 0.46117002 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.089 |
| Revenue Per Share | 294.799 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1570785 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 42,757,471 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0571 |
| Shares Short | 2,442,718 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,240,450 |
| Short Name | Ulta Beauty, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0572 |
| Short Ratio | 4.39 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | ULTA |
| Target High Price | 731.0 |
| Target Low Price | 500.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 631.44 |
| Target Median Price | 635.0 |
| Total Cash | 213,451,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.992 |
| Total Debt | 2,524,030,976 |
| Total Revenue | 12,955,516,928 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 27.44 |
| Trailing P E | 21.58965 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.9591 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 554.21356 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 38.20642 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.068938084 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 603,913 |
| Website | https://www.ulta.com |
| Zip | 60,440 |