Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA) is a leading specialty retail business based in the US. On 19 October Ulta Beauty shares plunged 10.58% to a closing position of $363.35. However, over the last 12 months, Ulta Beauty's share price has risen by an impressive 55.52% from $220.97. Ulta Beauty is listed on the NASDAQ and employs 16,000 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Ulta Beauty's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was $371, which is 19.30% up on its pre-crash value of $299.4 and 199.07% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as $124.05.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Ulta Beauty shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $521.39 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $1,350.44.
| Open | $338.95 |
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| High | $344.33 |
| Low | $338.95 |
| Close | $343.65 |
| Previous close | $335.33 |
| Change | $8.32 |
| Change % | 2.4811% |
| Volume | 414,698 |
| 52-week range | $200.5 - $414.98 |
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| 50-day moving average | $378.3377 |
| 200-day moving average | $348.7167 |
| Wall St. target price | $430.8 |
| PE ratio | 28.6594 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $12.957 |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
Ulta Beauty's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, Ulta Beauty shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Ulta Beauty's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7253. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Ulta Beauty's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Ulta Beauty's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.4 billion (£1 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Ulta Beauty's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $7.7 billion |
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| Operating margin TTM | 14.56% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 13.33% |
| Return on equity TTM | 39.86% |
| Profit margin | 9.5% |
| Book value | $34.526 |
| Market capitalisation | $20.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 1.5 million Ulta Beauty shares held short by investors – that's known as the "short interest". This figure is 14.8% down from 1.8 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Ulta Beauty shares can be evaluated.
Ulta Beauty's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Ulta Beauty shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Ulta Beauty shares traded daily (recently around 590675.67567568). Ulta Beauty's SIR currently stands at 2.59. In other words for every 100,000 Ulta Beauty shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2590 shares are currently held short.
However Ulta Beauty's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Ulta Beauty shares, or, against the total number of tradable Ulta Beauty shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Ulta Beauty's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Ulta Beauty shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0324% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Ulta Beauty shares, roughly 32 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Ulta Beauty.
Find out more about how you can short Ulta Beauty stock.
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Ulta Beauty.
Ulta Beauty's total ESG risk: 18.11
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Ulta Beauty's overall score of 18.11 (as at 01/01/2019) is excellent – landing it in it in the 12nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Ulta Beauty is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Ulta Beauty's environmental score: 3.74/100
Ulta Beauty's environmental score of 3.74 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Ulta Beauty is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Ulta Beauty's social score: 4.69/100
Ulta Beauty's social score of 4.69 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Ulta Beauty is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Ulta Beauty's governance score: 4.17/100
Ulta Beauty's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Ulta Beauty is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Ulta Beauty's controversy score: 1/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, Ulta Beauty scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Ulta Beauty has managed to keep its nose clean.
Ulta Beauty Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 18.11 |
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| Total ESG percentile | 12.36 |
| Environmental score | 3.74 |
| Environmental score percentile | 2 |
| Social score | 4.69 |
| Social score percentile | 2 |
| Governance score | 4.17 |
| Governance score percentile | 2 |
| Level of controversy | 1 |
We're not expecting Ulta Beauty to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.
Over the last 12 months, Ulta Beauty's shares have ranged in value from as little as $200.5 up to $414.98. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Ulta Beauty's is 1.6947. This would suggest that Ulta Beauty's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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