Ulta Beauty Inc [ULTA] stock is trading at $366.73, up 0.28%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ULTA shares have gain 1.88% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.63%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Ulta Beauty Inc [NASDAQ: ULTA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 21, 2025, when Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $500 from $430. Previously, B. Riley Securities upgraded its rating to Neutral on January 07, 2025. On December 06, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Outperform rating and revised its price target to $500 on the stock. William Blair downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. TD Cowen downgraded its rating to a Hold. B. Riley Securities started tracking with a Sell rating for this stock on September 10, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $300. In a note dated September 03, 2024, Loop Capital reiterated an Buy rating on this stock and revised its target price from $520 to $450.
Ulta Beauty Inc [ULTA] stock has fluctuated between $318.17 and $574.76 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $435.07 within the next 12 months. Ulta Beauty Inc [NASDAQ: ULTA] shares were valued at $366.73 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.63% based on the average ULTA price forecast.
Analyzing the ULTA fundamentals
Ulta Beauty Inc [NASDAQ:ULTA] reported sales of 11.36B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.65%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.2, Equity is 0.52 and Total Capital is 0.38. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.92.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 363.30 points at the first support level, and at 359.88 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 370.08, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 373.44.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Ulta Beauty Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.63. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.32, while the Cash Ratio is 0.1. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.50, the price to book ratio is 7.33 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.67.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Halligan Catherine Ann, Director, that happened on Jul 02 ’24 when 100.0 shares were sold. GC, Chief Risk & Compl. Ofc., Caro Jodi J completed a deal on Jun 25 ’24 to sell 650.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director MRKONIC GEORGE R JR sold 397.0 shares on Jun 04 ’24.
