Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) Issues FY26 Earnings Guidance

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) updated its FY26 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $22.50-22.90 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $23.51. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.5-11.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.67 billion. Ulta Beauty also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 22.500-22.900 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ULTA. TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $480.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on Ulta Beauty from $500.00 to $538.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on Ulta Beauty from $385.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Ulta Beauty from $472.00 to $480.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on Ulta Beauty from $410.00 to $445.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $459.22.

Ulta Beauty Trading Down 4.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:ULTA opened at $314.47 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $386.49 and a 200 day moving average of $386.82. The company has a market cap of $14.58 billion, a PE ratio of 12.58, a price-to-earnings-growth 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.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The specialty retailer reported $8.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $7.13 by $1.33. Ulta Beauty had a return on equity of 51.95% and a net margin of 10.58%. The business had revenue of $3.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.47 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $8.08 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict 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.