B. Riley Has Bullish Forecast for Ulta Beauty Q4 Earnings

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) – Stock analysts at B. Riley raised their Q4 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Ulta Beauty in a research note issued on Thursday, March 13th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen now expects that the specialty retailer will earn $7.34 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $7.18. B. Riley has a “Neutral” rating and a $330.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ulta Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $23.96 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Ulta Beauty’s FY2027 earnings at $25.00 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the company. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their price target on Ulta Beauty from $538.00 to $526.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Ulta Beauty from $470.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of Ulta Beauty from $475.00 to $380.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on shares of Ulta Beauty from $467.00 to $404.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Ulta Beauty from $475.00 to $400.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $427.13.

Ulta Beauty Stock Down 0.1 %

ULTA stock opened at $356.99 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.34. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $383.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $386.87. Ulta Beauty has a 52-week low of $309.01 and a 52-week high of $544.36.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The specialty retailer reported $8.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $7.13 by $1.33. The firm had revenue of $3.49 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.47 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 10.58% and a return on equity of 51.95%. Ulta Beauty’s revenue was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $8.08 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ulta Beauty

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ULTA. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of 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 worth $520,587,000 after purchasing an additional 11,205 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors bought a new stake in Ulta Beauty in the fourth quarter valued at about $430,674,000. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board acquired a new stake in Ulta Beauty during the third quarter valued at approximately $359,480,000. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its holdings 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 buying an additional 9,291 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Champlain Investment Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Ulta Beauty by 5.4% in the 3rd quarter. Champlain Investment Partners LLC now owns 610,400 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $237,519,000 after acquiring an additional 31,540 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Ulta Beauty Company Profile

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.