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.

Ulta Beauty Trading Down 4.5 %

Shares of ULTA stock traded down $14.76 on Thursday, reaching $314.47. 2,447,806 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 954,117. Ulta Beauty has a twelve month low of $309.01 and a twelve month high of $574.76. The company has a market capitalization of $14.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.58, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.34. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $388.78 and its 200 day moving average price is $387.32.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 13th. The specialty retailer reported $8.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $7.09 by $1.37. The business had revenue of $3.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.47 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 10.58% and a return on equity of 51.95%. The company’s revenue was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $8.08 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Ulta Beauty will post 23.96 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Telsey Advisory Group restated an “outperform” rating and set a $500.00 price target on shares of Ulta Beauty in a research note on Monday. Piper Sandler raised their price objective 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. William Blair cut shares of Ulta Beauty from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. DA Davidson boosted their target price on Ulta Beauty from $435.00 to $510.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, UBS Group increased their price target on Ulta Beauty from $470.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. One investment 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. According to MarketBeat, Ulta Beauty has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $459.22.

About Ulta Beauty

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.