Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA) Stock Price, Trades & News

With more than 1,400 freestanding stores and 600 Target shop-in-shops, Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the US. The firm offers cosmetics (39% of 2024 sales), fragrances (13%), skin care (23%), and hair care products (19%). It also offers salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow, that account for about 4% of its revenue and drive traffic. In addition, it collects royalties through its Target partnership and credit card revenue. Most standalone Ulta stores are approximately 10,000 square feet and are in suburban strip centers. The firm will soon open franchised stores in Mexico and has formed a joint venture to expand into the Middle East. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.

Financial Strength

6/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry	Vs History
Cash-To-Debt	0.23
Equity-to-Asset	0.41
Debt-to-Equity	0.81
Debt-to-EBITDA	1.07
Interest Coverage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Piotroski F-Score	5/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	6.93	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-2.5	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	14.8
	3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate	10.7
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	12.2
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	7.9
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	22.6
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate Estimate	4.61
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate Estimate	4.41

Momentum Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	70.25
	9-Day RSI	64.89
	14-Day RSI	64.62
	3-1 Month Momentum %	26.09
	6-1 Month Momentum %	8.4
	12-1 Month Momentum %	22.65

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	1.67
	Quick Ratio	0.46
	Cash Ratio	0.26
	Days Inventory	108.24
	Days Sales Outstanding	6.74
	Days Payable	28.47

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	4.2
	Shareholder Yield %	4.94

Profitability Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	38.81
	Operating Margin %	13.82
	Net Margin %	10.45
	EBITDA Margin %	16.23
	FCF Margin %	9.08
	ROE %	50.14
	ROA %	20.35
	ROIC %	26.77
	3-Year ROIIC %	22.73
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	40.87
	ROCE %	37.96
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	10
	Moat score	7
	Tariff score	6

GF Value Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	18.55
	Forward PE Ratio	20.22
	PE Ratio without NRI	18.4
	Shiller PE Ratio	28.69
	Price-to-Owner-Earnings	29.37
	PEG Ratio	0.84
	PS Ratio	1.92
	PB Ratio	8.8
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	8.84
	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	21.21
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	15.75
	EV-to-EBIT	14.44
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	16.56
	EV-to-EBITDA	12.31
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	13.73
	EV-to-Revenue	2
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	1.96
	EV-to-FCF	21.99
	Price-to-GF-Value	0.9
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	1.41
	Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based)	0.59
	Price-to-DCF (FCF Based)	0.68
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	0.75
	Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value	0.74
	Price-to-Graham-Number	2.69
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	6.93
	FCF Yield %	4.86
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	23.85

GF Value: $529.1

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