Zacks Research Predicts Ulta Beauty FY2025 Earnings

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research issued their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Ulta Beauty in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department expects that the specialty retailer will post earnings per share of $23.48 for the year. The consensus estimate for Ulta Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $23.96 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Ulta Beauty’s Q4 2025 earnings at $6.57 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $6.57 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $23.48 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $6.23 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $6.23 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $5.26 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $5.26 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $4.92 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $4.92 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $7.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $7.01 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $23.42 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $23.42 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $6.95 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $6.95 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $5.83 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $5.83 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $5.60 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $7.53 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $7.53 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $25.91 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $25.91 EPS.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The specialty retailer reported $5.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.45 by $0.69. The company 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 firm’s revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $5.07 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Ulta Beauty from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on shares of Ulta Beauty from $505.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. StockNews.com raised shares of Ulta Beauty from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Barclays boosted their price objective on Ulta Beauty from $410.00 to $445.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 9th. Finally, Loop Capital raised their target price on Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $480.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $459.22.

Ulta Beauty Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of ULTA opened at $365.78 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $16.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.64, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.28. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $404.31 and its two-hundred day moving average is $387.81. Ulta Beauty has a 12 month low of $318.17 and a 12 month high of $574.76.

Institutional Trading of Ulta Beauty

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ULTA. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Ulta Beauty by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,199,935 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $520,587,000 after buying an additional 11,205 shares during the period. Capital World Investors acquired a new stake in shares of Ulta Beauty in the fourth quarter valued at $430,674,000. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board purchased a new position in Ulta Beauty in the third quarter valued at $359,480,000. Deutsche Bank AG grew its stake in Ulta Beauty by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 655,561 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $285,123,000 after purchasing an additional 9,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Champlain Investment Partners LLC increased its holdings in Ulta Beauty by 5.4% during the 3rd quarter. Champlain Investment Partners LLC now owns 610,400 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $237,519,000 after purchasing an additional 31,540 shares during the period. 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.