B. Riley Has Strong Estimate for Ulta Beauty FY2025 Earnings

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTAFree Report) – B. Riley raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Ulta Beauty in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 7th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen now anticipates that the specialty retailer will post earnings per share of $24.07 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $23.45. B. Riley currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $430.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ulta Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $23.57 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Ulta Beauty’s Q1 2026 earnings at $6.29 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $5.22 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $5.21 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Loop Capital increased their price target on shares of Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $480.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Ulta Beauty from $455.00 to $475.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. DA Davidson upped their price target on Ulta Beauty from $435.00 to $510.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $457.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group restated an “outperform” rating and set a $500.00 target price on shares of Ulta Beauty in a report on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $460.30.

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Ulta Beauty Stock Performance

Shares of Ulta Beauty stock opened at $418.23 on Friday. Ulta Beauty has a 52-week low of $318.17 and a 52-week high of $574.76. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $402.01 and its 200-day moving average price is $384.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.74, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.28.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTAGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The specialty retailer reported $5.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.45 by $0.69. Ulta Beauty had a return on equity of 51.95% and a net margin of 10.58%. The business had revenue of $2.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.50 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $5.07 EPS. Ulta Beauty’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ulta Beauty

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ULTA. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Ulta Beauty in the 2nd quarter worth about $525,000. Choreo LLC raised its holdings in shares of Ulta Beauty by 71.7% during the second quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 2,868 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $1,103,000 after purchasing an additional 1,198 shares during the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its position in Ulta Beauty by 13.7% during the second quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 6,728 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $2,596,000 after purchasing an additional 812 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC lifted its position in Ulta Beauty by 245.2% during the second quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 1,588 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $613,000 after purchasing an additional 1,128 shares during the period. Finally, AGF Management Ltd. grew its position in Ulta Beauty by 50.5% in the 2nd quarter. AGF Management Ltd. now owns 6,165 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $2,379,000 after purchasing an additional 2,070 shares during the period. 90.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Ulta Beauty

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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.

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