The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

ULTA

Concerning the House

Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States, Mexico, and Kuwait. 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.

United States · www.ulta.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 14 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$11.21B+18.6%
Gross profit$4.38B+20.8%
Operating income$1.56B+27.3%
Net income$1.15B+40.7%
Cash from ops$1.48B+23.7%
Quotation

$515.57

-16.32 (-3.1%)

52w hi$706.82
52w lo$450.75
Vol750.53K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.46

Short-0.65
Medium-0.48
Long-0.04

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail

Market cap$22.16B
Enterprise value$24.95B
Trailing P/E19.31x
Forward P/E16.17x
EV / EBITDA13.20x
P / S (ttm)1.74x
Profit margin9.4%
Return on equity47.4%
Revenue growth+11.1%
Earnings growth+15.5%
Debt / equity89.21
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.83
Corr SPX0.36
Annual vol37.3%
Annual ret+29.6%
Sharpe0.79
Max DD-36.2%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.31
Sector+0.01
Technical-0.09
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.52

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$531.89$534.27$512.20$515.57750.53K
Aug 12$537.99$539.74$530.62$531.89510.80K
Aug 11$546.00$553.18$540.30$541.35414.60K
Aug 10$560.99$561.50$545.92$548.66727.30K
Aug 7$538.85$566.73$537.92$565.15566.30K