Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ: ULTA) is -15.44% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $309.01 and a high of $474.12 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ULTA stock was last observed hovering at around $382.51 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -14.75%.
Currently trading at $367.76, the stock is 3.32% and -0.94% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.6 million and changing -3.86% at the moment leaves the stock -3.55% off its SMA200. ULTA registered -29.23% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -3.00%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $371.268 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $381.31165.
The stock witnessed a 4.59% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.44%, and is -0.70% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.92% over the week and 4.04% over the month.
Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA) has around 58000 employees, a market worth around $16.66B and $11.30B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.49 and Fwd P/E is 14.36. Profit margin for the company is 10.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.01% and -22.43% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (29.13%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -9.02% this year
1382.0 institutions hold shares in Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA), with institutional investors hold 95.59% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 45.97M, and float is at 45.19M with Short Float at 4.52%. Institutions hold 95.36% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 5.57 million shares valued at $2.15 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.564 of the ULTA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 4.45 million shares valued at $1.72 billion to account for 9.3636 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 2.35 million shares representing 4.9412 and valued at over $905.75 million, while T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 2.9689 of the shares totaling 1.41 million with a market value of $544.22 million.
Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Caro Jodi J, the company’s GC, Chief Risk & Compl. Ofc. SEC filings show that Caro Jodi J sold 902 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 01 ’25 at a price of $369.16 per share for a total of $0.33 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 7632.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 20 ’25, Steelman Kecia (President and CEO) acquired 1,440 shares at an average price of $346.89 for $0.5 million. The insider now directly holds 16,992 shares of Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA).
