Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 22.500-22.900 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 23.460. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.5 billion-$11.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.7 billion. Ulta Beauty also updated its FY26 guidance to $22.50-22.90 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on ULTA. Piper Sandler increased their target price on shares of Ulta Beauty from $390.00 to $394.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on Ulta Beauty from $385.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Ulta Beauty from $472.00 to $480.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $500.00 target price on shares of Ulta Beauty in a report on Monday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Ulta Beauty from $350.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $459.22.

Ulta Beauty Price Performance

Shares of Ulta Beauty stock traded down $14.76 during trading on Thursday, hitting $314.47. The stock had a trading volume of 2,324,689 shares, compared to its average volume of 947,577. The stock has a market cap of $14.58 billion, a PE ratio of 12.58, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.34. Ulta Beauty has a 12 month low of $309.01 and a 12 month high of $574.76. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $388.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $387.32.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 13th. The specialty retailer reported $8.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $7.09 by $1.37. The company had revenue of $3.49 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.47 billion. Ulta Beauty had a return on equity of 51.95% and a net margin of 10.58%. Ulta Beauty’s quarterly revenue was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $8.08 EPS. Analysts expect that Ulta Beauty will post 23.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ulta Beauty Company Profile

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.