NASDAQ · ULTA

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

$480.51 +$5.15 (+1.08%) 1D After hours

Key Metrics

$20.44B
Market cap
17.19×
P/E · TTM
$12.71B
Revenue · TTM
$1.19B
Net income
EPS · TTM $26.12
Dividend yield
Free cash flow $1.13B
Beta · 1Y 0.51
EBITDA · TTM $1.89B
Gross margin 39.3%

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 28
    Money has been moving out of its sector (Consumer Discretionary).

    Consumer Discretionary has run -4.6 points vs SPY over four weeks, ranking 5→10→11→2 of 11 sectors — this stock trades inside that current.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION MAP, LIVE ↗
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 20.3 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jun 17
    From its Feb 17 high, the share price fell 36%.

    Peak close $706.82 on Feb 17; trough close $450.75 on Jun 17. The drawdown is the fact — the chapters around it are the context.

    RECEIPT: PRICE SERIES, PEAK-TO-TROUGH -36%
  • Mar 13
    The stock moved -14.2% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Mar 13

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$20.44B
Enterprise value
Shares outstanding43.0M
52-wk range$443.60 – $714.97
Avg volume · 20D807.4K
Net cash
Book value / share$56.71
IndustryRetail-Retail Stores, Nec
ExchangeNASDAQ
About Ulta Beauty, Inc.
IPO dateOct 25, 2007
Employees65000

Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the US with more than 1,500 freestanding stores. The firm offers cosmetics (38% of 2025 sales), fragrances (13%), skin care (24%), and hair care products (19%).

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

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Valuation

P/E17.19
P/S1.61
P/FCF18.08
EV/EBITDA
EV/Sales
Graham №$182.59

Profitability

Gross 39.3%
Operating 12.4%
Net 9.4%
FCF 8.9%
ROE / ROIC 46.9% · 50.7%

Financial Health

Current ratio1.31
Quick ratio
Debt / equity
Debt / EBITDA
Net cash
Working capital$717.53M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $1.54B
Capex −$414.07M
Free cash flow $1.13B
Buybacks $1.08B
Dividends paid
Shareholder yield 5.3%

Piotroski F-Score

4 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 4 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

5.9
Safe zone (> 2.99) · bankruptcy risk negligible

Graham Number vs Price

$182.59 vs $480.51
Trades 2.6× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-05-02 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings