FY2025 EPS Estimates for Ulta Beauty Raised by DA Davidson

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson upped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Ulta Beauty in a report released on Friday, December 6th. DA Davidson analyst M. Baker now expects that the specialty retailer will post earnings of $23.52 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $23.44. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $510.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ulta Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $23.48 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Ulta Beauty’s Q4 2025 earnings at $6.60 EPS.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last announced 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. Ulta Beauty had a return on equity of 52.06% and a net margin of 10.58%. The business had revenue of $2.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.50 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $5.07 EPS. Ulta Beauty’s quarterly revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on ULTA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Ulta Beauty from $472.00 to $480.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. William Blair cut shares of Ulta Beauty from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Robert W. Baird reduced their target price on Ulta Beauty from $525.00 to $485.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 23rd. UBS Group raised their price target on Ulta Beauty from $470.00 to $490.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, StockNews.com raised Ulta Beauty from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 28th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Ulta Beauty presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $438.00.

Ulta Beauty Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ULTA opened at $428.17 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $374.15 and a two-hundred day moving average of $376.63. Ulta Beauty has a 52-week low of $318.17 and a 52-week high of $574.76. The stock has a market cap of $20.18 billion, a PE ratio of 17.13, a PEG ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 1.32.

Institutional Trading of Ulta Beauty

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. UMB Bank n.a. grew its stake in shares of Ulta Beauty by 83.3% during the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 66 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Innealta Capital LLC bought a new position in Ulta Beauty during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Paladin Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ulta Beauty in the 3rd quarter valued at $32,000. Westside Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in 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 buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. 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.