ULTA
Ulta Beauty, Inc. Consumer Discretionary Retail-Retail Stores, NEC S&P 500Russell 3000
$640.43Close
$28.3BMarket cap
$450.75 – $706.8252-week range
Dec 3, 2026Next report · after the close
Highlights
Cautions
- Trend not confirmed 6 of 8 conditions · 150-day under the 200-day, 200-day not rising
- Extended 4.9 ATR above its 50-day average
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
9%
1wk
up 2.6%
price change
1mo
up 17.3%
price change
12-month return
up 26%
market up 11% ·
its own up 16%
F-score
7 / 9
Strong
Altman Z″
3.84
Low risk
P/E
24.5×
price / earnings
PEG
21.29
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
10.1×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 5.5%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
47%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 10%
year on year
EPS growth
up 13%
latest quarter · -2 pts
Sales growth
up 9%
latest quarter · -2 pts
ROE
up 44%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 9%
$1.1B FCF
D/E
—
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.2×
net cash
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- short-term liquidity weakened
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- no new shares issued
- gross margin widened
- assets working harder
Trade setup
ATR%
2.7%
$17.57 a day · 2×ATR $605.28
RS
74 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
6 / 8
150-day under the 200-day, 200-day not rising
Relative volume
1.0×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.04
50 sessions
Implied move
11.0%
by Dec 4, 2026 · report Dec 3, 2026
Trend template · 6 of 8
- 150-day average above the 200-day: fails
- 200-day average rising for a month: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Aug 27, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 27, 2026-5% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$3.9M40.5% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 39%
- Net 9%
- Free cash 9%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2021Jan 30, 2021 | FY2022Jan 29, 2022 | FY2023Jan 28, 2023 | FY2024Feb 3, 2024 | FY2025Feb 1, 2025 | FY2026Jan 31, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.2B | $8.6B | $10.2B | $11.2B | $11.3B | $12.4B |
| Gross margin | 32% | 39% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 39% |
| Operating income | $236.8M | $1.3B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.5B |
| Net income | $175.8M | $986.0M | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Net margin | 3% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 9% |
| Earnings per share | $3.11 | $17.98 | $24.01 | $26.03 | $25.34 | $25.63 |
| Free cash flow | $658.5M | $887.1M | $1.2B | $1.0B | $964.1M | $1.1B |
| Free cash margin | 11% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 9% |
| Cash | $1.0B | $431.6M | $737.9M | $766.6M | $703.2M | $424.2M |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.0B | $1.5B | $2.0B | $2.3B | $2.5B | $2.8B |
| Shares outstanding | 56.26m | 52.31m | 50.36m | 48.32m | 45.97m | 44.17m |
Next report
Dec 3, 2026 · after the close
Expected move The move, either way, the option market prices in through the next scheduled report: the at-the-money straddle for the first expiry that contains it, over the price. It includes the days around the report, so it slightly overstates the report alone. Methodology
±11.0%
$570 – $711 by Dec 4, 2026
Usual move The median, over the company's last four reports, of how far the stock moved either way from the close before the filing to the close of the session after it. Methodology
±8.2%
last 4: -4.7% · -5.9% · -17.9% · +10.5%
Expected against usual The move the options price through this report over the move the last four reports delivered. Above 1 the event is priced bigger than the company's own record; below 1, smaller. A price, not a forecast: it says what protection through the report costs, not which way the stock will go. Methodology
Bigger than usual
1.3× the usual move
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $596 – $685 ±6.9% by Nov 27, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 40.5% priced · 31.8% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Calmer
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: no change
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $3.9M calls $1.3M · puts $2.6M · latest session
- 2.03× +1.54 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls -645 · puts +127 past week
For options traders: ATM IV 40.5% (+6.5% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 0.82 · 25Δ skew 1.5 pts · Net GEX $9.9M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 1, 2026 | 26d |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | May 2, 2026 | 31d |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Jan 31, 2026 | 54d |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 1, 2025 | 33d |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 2, 2025 | 26d |
| May 29, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | May 3, 2025 | 26d |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Feb 1, 2025 | 54d |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 2, 2024 | 33d |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 3, 2024 | 26d |
| May 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | May 4, 2024 | 26d |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Feb 3, 2024 | 52d |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 28, 2023 | 33d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Director or officer change · Other events ↗ |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Director or officer change · Charter or bylaws · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Director or officer change · Other events ↗ |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Director or officer change · Other events ↗ |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Other events ↗ |