FY2025 Earnings Estimate for Ulta Beauty Issued By B. Riley

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) – Research analysts at B. Riley raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Ulta Beauty in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, January 7th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen now expects that the specialty retailer will earn $24.07 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast 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.

ULTA has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Barclays raised their target price on Ulta Beauty from $410.00 to $445.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on shares of Ulta Beauty from $426.00 to $424.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of Ulta Beauty from $505.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Loop Capital lifted their price target on Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $480.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their target price on Ulta Beauty from $390.00 to $394.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $460.30.

Ulta Beauty Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ULTA opened at $418.23 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $19.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.74, a PEG ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.28. Ulta Beauty has a fifty-two week low of $318.17 and a fifty-two week high of $574.76. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $402.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $384.05.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $2.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.50 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 10.58% and a return on equity of 51.95%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $5.07 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ulta Beauty

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Paladin Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Ulta Beauty in the third quarter worth $32,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its stake in Ulta Beauty by 118.4% during the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 83 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Ulta Beauty by 151.5% in the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 83 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd bought a new position in shares of Ulta Beauty during the 3rd quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, American National Bank & Trust purchased a new position in shares of Ulta Beauty during the 3rd quarter valued at about $44,000. Institutional investors 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.