Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States. 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 beauty services, including hair, makeup, brow, and skin services at its stores. 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.
Analyst Outlook | Price targets range from $335 to $538, reflecting varied perspectives on Ulta's growth potential amid industry challenges and strategic initiatives |
Strategic Positioning | Explore Ulta's competitive edge in prestige beauty and its potential for market share gains, leveraging its unique mass-to-prestige product range |
Financial Resilience | Despite market pressures, Ulta maintains strong profitability with a 42.5% gross margin and 55% return on equity, trading at a P/E ratio of 13.2x |
Beauty Market Shift | Ulta Beauty navigates a changing landscape, balancing its diverse product mix against intensifying competition and evolving consumer preferences |
Metrics to compare | ULTA | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Consumer Cyclicals sector companies | Relationship RelationshipULTAPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 15.5x | 11.4x | 10.6x | |
PEG Ratio | −5.86 | 0.24 | 0.02 | |
Price / Book | 7.5x | −3.2x | 1.4x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 1.7x | 0.5x | 0.9x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 1.5% | −13.9% | 20.0% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 17.2% | 8.9% | Unlock |