Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) Issues FY26 Earnings Guidance

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) issued an update on its FY26 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $22.50-22.90 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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 Stock Up 13.7 %

Ulta Beauty stock opened at $357.48 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $385.01 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $386.69. Ulta Beauty has a 52 week low of $309.01 and a 52 week high of $546.58. The stock has a market cap of $16.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.34.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The specialty retailer reported $8.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $7.13 by $1.33. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 10.58% and a return on equity of 51.95%. The company had revenue of $3.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.47 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $8.08 EPS. Ulta Beauty’s quarterly revenue was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Ulta Beauty will post 23.96 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. TD Cowen raised 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. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Ulta Beauty from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on shares of Ulta Beauty from $425.00 to $364.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price objective on shares of Ulta Beauty from $538.00 to $526.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on shares of Ulta Beauty from $505.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. One 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $431.13.

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.