Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Rank #31Capital ReturnULTA · Nasdaq · Consumer Cyclical
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) — Rank #31 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.70) · ROE 43.6% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0001403568 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States, Mexico, and Kuwait.
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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. It also provides wellness products. The company was formerly known as ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. and changed its name to Ulta Beauty, Inc. in January 2017. Ulta Beauty, Inc.
was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- January 30
- Website
- ulta.com
Financials
Stable
Direction over 5 fiscal years
- Free cash flowstable
- Gross marginstable
- Gross profitabilitystable
- Net cashimproving
- Operating margindeteriorating
- Return on equitydeteriorating
- Share count (dilution)improving
Red flags: fcf_ni_divergence_unfavorable — rating capped at Stable
Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.
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| Fiscal year end | 2026-01-31filed 2026-03-26 | 2025-02-01filed 2025-03-27 | 2024-02-03filed 2024-03-26 | 2023-01-28filed 2023-03-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||
| Revenue | 12,392.8 | 11,295.7 | 11,207.3 | 10,208.6 |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.7% | 0.8% | 9.8% | 18.3% |
| Gross profit | 4,845.2 | 4,387.3 | 4,381.1 | 4,044.5 |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 38.8% | 39.1% | 39.6% |
| Net income | 1,153.5 | 1,201.1 | 1,291.0 | 1,242.4 |
| Net margin | 9.3% | 10.6% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| EPS (diluted) | $25.64 | $25.34 | $26.03 | $24.01 |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 1.2% | -2.7% | 8.4% | — |
| Cash flow | ||||
| Operating cash flow | 1,502.8 | 1,338.6 | 1,476.3 | 1,481.9 |
| Capital expenditures | 434.8 | 374.5 | 435.3 | 312.1 |
| Free cash flow | 1,068.0 | 964.1 | 1,041.0 | 1,169.8 |
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