B. Riley Comments on Ulta Beauty’s Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:ULTA)

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) – Analysts at B. Riley raised their Q4 2026 earnings estimates for Ulta Beauty in a note issued to investors on Thursday, March 13th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen now expects that the specialty retailer will post earnings of $7.34 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $7.18. B. Riley currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $330.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ulta Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $23.96 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Ulta Beauty’s FY2027 earnings at $25.00 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on ULTA. TD Cowen boosted their target price 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. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Ulta Beauty from $360.00 to $310.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Telsey Advisory Group reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $500.00 target price on shares of Ulta Beauty in a research report on Monday, March 10th. Loop Capital raised their price objective on shares of Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $480.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $457.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $431.13.

Ulta Beauty Stock Up 13.7 %

NASDAQ ULTA opened at $357.48 on Monday. Ulta Beauty has a 52 week low of $309.01 and a 52 week high of $544.36. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $385.01 and a two-hundred day moving average of $386.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.58 billion, a PE ratio of 14.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.34.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ulta Beauty

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ acquired a new position in Ulta Beauty during the fourth quarter worth about $6,565,000. Berkeley Inc increased its position in Ulta Beauty by 75.8% during the 4th quarter. Berkeley Inc now owns 10,440 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $4,541,000 after purchasing an additional 4,501 shares in the last quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH increased its position in Ulta Beauty by 1,015.9% during the 4th quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH now owns 11,851 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $5,154,000 after purchasing an additional 10,789 shares in the last quarter. GHE LLC raised its stake in Ulta Beauty by 17.9% in the 4th quarter. GHE LLC now owns 4,076 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $1,773,000 after purchasing an additional 620 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Park Square Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in Ulta Beauty in the 4th quarter valued at about $123,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

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.