Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.08M but it saw 741424 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 17.93B USD, the company’s current market price of $395.64 came rising about 1.38 while comparing to the previous closing price of $390.25. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $460.00 and as low as $309.01. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $377.63 while lowest mark touched by it was $396.37.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA) gives us an average price of $367.79, while its current price level is -13.99% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 28.03% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $360.81 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $379.19. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.21% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.70%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 62.57 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
Goldman upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on April 01, 2025 while assigning a price target of $423. Telsey Advisory Group issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $500 and $460.
Over the week, ULTA’s stock price is moving 4.74% up while it is 7.94% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -9.03% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -2.65%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Mar-12, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 5.77 while estimate for next year EPS is 22.93. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $2.64B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $11.59B and seeing the company making $12.15B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $2.79B for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Ulta Beauty Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 45.97M with 0.24% of that held by the insiders while 95.77% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 29.13% and return on equity (ROE) at 50.39%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 15.59 while having a 15.60 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.06. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 7.31 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.59. Its return on asset (ROA) is 18.53% on average.
