FY2025 EPS Estimates for Ulta Beauty Boosted by DA Davidson

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Ulta Beauty in a research note issued on Tuesday, January 7th. DA Davidson analyst M. Baker now expects that the specialty retailer will earn $24.00 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $23.52. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $510.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ulta Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $23.57 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Ulta Beauty’s Q4 2025 earnings at $7.10 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $22.81 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Bank of America increased their price objective on Ulta Beauty from $460.00 to $475.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. UBS Group lifted their price target on Ulta Beauty from $470.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Ulta Beauty from $350.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday. B. Riley upgraded shares of Ulta Beauty from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $330.00 to $430.00 in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Ulta Beauty from $455.00 to $475.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $458.78.

Ulta Beauty Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ULTA opened at $415.14 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.61, a PEG ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.28. Ulta Beauty has a 1-year low of $318.17 and a 1-year high of $574.76. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $400.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $383.64.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The specialty retailer reported $5.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.45 by $0.69. The company had revenue of $2.53 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.50 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 10.58% and a return on equity of 51.95%. Ulta Beauty’s revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $5.07 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Paladin Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Ulta Beauty in the third quarter worth $32,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its position in shares of Ulta Beauty by 118.4% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 83 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Ulta Beauty by 151.5% during the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 83 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Ulta Beauty during the 3rd quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, American National Bank & Trust bought a new position in shares of Ulta Beauty in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

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.