Ulta Beauty/$ULTA
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About Ulta Beauty
Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the US with more than 1,500 stores and e-commerce. The firm offers cosmetics (38% of 2025 sales), fragrances (13%), skin care (24%), and hair care products (19%). It also has salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow, that account for 4% of its revenue and drive customer traffic. Outside of the US, Ulta operates premium beauty retailer Space NK (86 stores at year-end 2025 in the UK and Ireland), has franchised stores in Mexico, and a joint venture in the Middle East. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
- Ticker
- $ULTA
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 44,101
- Headquarters
- Bolingbrook, United States
- Website
- www.ulta.com
Ulta Beauty Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$23B
19.87
$27.45
0.85
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Price and volume
Market cap
$23B
Beta
0.85
52-week high
$714.97
52-week low
$443.60
Average daily volume
581K
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.345
Quick ratio
0.203
Long term debt to equity
0.708
Total debt to equity
0.955
Interest coverage (TTM)
165.07%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,934.352
Gross margin (TTM)
43.10%
Net profit margin (TTM)
9.34%
Operating margin (TTM)
12.46%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
24.29%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$290,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
14.84%
Return on equity (TTM)
46.12%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
19.872
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.85
Price to book
8.83
Price to tangible book (TTM)
10.52
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
20.855
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
4.79%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
26.155
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
11.16%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
5.20%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
6.49%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
11.60%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
3.30%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
17.06%
What the Analysts think about Ulta Beauty
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Ulta’s latest quarter showed resilient demand: sales rose 8.9%, comparable sales increased 3.8%, and management said shoppers had not traded down. It raised its full-year sales, operating-income and EPS forecasts, supporting the view that its turnaround is gaining traction. (Reuters, Ulta Beauty)
Ulta has several avenues for further growth beyond its established US stores, including Space NK in the UK and Ireland, wellness, marketplace sales and TikTok Shop. Management also says Space NK is still taking market share, while new stores and international expansion are adding scale. (Reuters, StockAnalysis)
Profit growth is currently outpacing sales growth. In the second quarter, operating income rose 10.1%, operating margin improved to 12.5%, EPS increased 13.3%, and the planned fiscal-year share repurchase was lifted to $1.8 billion. (Ulta Beauty, Reuters)
Ulta expects a slower second half, with sales growth of 4% to 5% and comparable-sales growth of 2% to 3%. Second-quarter comparable sales were already down from 6.7% a year earlier, while transactions were roughly flat, suggesting that higher average spending is doing more of the work. (The Motley Fool, Transcript Daily)
Margin expansion remains vulnerable to promotions and the Space NK mix. Second-quarter gross margin slipped to 39.1% from 39.2%, and management expects only modest margin improvement despite the stronger earnings outlook. (Ulta Beauty, StockAnalysis)
The reported sales increase is partly dependent on acquisitions and footprint expansion rather than underlying demand. In the second quarter, Space NK and 13 new US stores helped lift sales, whereas comparable-sales growth was only 3.8%, leaving execution and payback risk if new locations or the UK business disappoint. (Reuters, Ulta Beauty)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 24 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Ulta Beauty
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Fund name | Fund size | $ULTA weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor£IUQF | £1.5B | 0.51% |
iShares S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector£ICDU | £555M | 0.51% |
iShares Edge MSCI World Quality Factor$IWQU | $6.3B | 0.27% |
iShares Edge MSCI World Quality Factor€IS3Q | €5.4B | 0.27% |
iShares Edge MSCI World Quality Factor£IWFQ | £4.7B | 0.27% |
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