Headquartered in Bolingbrook, IL Fiscal year ends January NASDAQ: ULTA ulta.com
Ulta Beauty is the largest specialty beauty retailer in the United States, operating more than 1,500 U.S. stores and 88 international locations across approximately 16.1 million gross square feet. The company offers a comprehensive assortment of cosmetics, fragrance, skincare, haircare, and wellness products alongside professional salon services, operating under an 'All Things Beauty, All in One Place' model. Ulta Beauty generates revenue across six primary categories: cosmetics (37%), skincare and wellness (24%), haircare (20%), fragrance (13%), services (4%), and other (2%). The company operates the Ulta Beauty Rewards loyalty program and sells through stores, Ulta.com, and the Ulta Beauty App. Ulta Beauty is expanding internationally through its subsidiary Space NK, a luxury beauty retailer in the U.K. and Ireland, a joint venture in Mexico, and a franchise in the Middle East. The company trades on NASDAQ under the ticker ULTA. Updated
Beauty spending is rebounding among teens, and Piper Sandler's read of nearly 9,000 of them puts Ulta and Estee Lauder on the winning side with e.l.f. still the top cosmetics brand.
PIPER SANDLER: TEEN SURVEY REVEALS MAJOR WINNERS AND LOSERS ACROSS STOCKS Piper Sandler's latest survey of nearly 9,000 U.S. teens highlights shifting consumer trends. BEAUTY: Spending rebounds, with ULTA and EL top picks. ELF remains the leading cosmetics brand, while Rhode
GoPro closed up 43% at 86 cents, a sub-dollar stock swinging harder than anything else in the 111-name priority list. Tesla and SanDisk added better than 5%, while Take-Two led the decliners at 6.5% lower.
A 6.4% slide to $507.17 is the sharpest single-session reset this beauty retailer has seen in a while, landing the morning after its Q2 earnings filing hit EDGAR. Holders are now trading the reaction rather than the results.
Ulta Beauty raised its full-year EPS guidance to $28.70 to $29.00 and lifted the fiscal 2026 buyback plan to $1.8 billion from $1.5 billion, a signal that comparable sales growth of 3.8% is holding in a crowded beauty market. Management also nudged up its sales and operating income outlook after the second-quarter beat.
The damage at Monday's close ran deeper than the gains: Applied Optoelectronics shed 11.6% while the best performer, AMC Entertainment, managed 6.08%. Four of the five worst names lost more than 7% in a single session.
Fabrinet closed down 20% at $477.37, the deepest single-day loss in a 110-name priority list, with optical peers Applied Optoelectronics and Coherent also off double digits. Duolingo led all gainers at 8.3%.
A 5.2% intraday run to $522 adds better than a billion dollars of market value to a $22.5B beauty retailer in a single session, a rare one-day move for this name. Whether it holds into the close is the thing to watch.
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Ulta Beauty is the largest specialty beauty retailer in the United States, operating more than 1,500 U.S. stores and 88 international locations across approximately 16.1 million gross square feet.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for ULTA is $694.11, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $631.44. ULTA price prediction →
