What is B. Riley’s Forecast for Ulta Beauty FY2025 Earnings?

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) – Investment analysts at B. Riley raised their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Ulta Beauty in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 7th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen now forecasts that the specialty retailer will post earnings of $24.07 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $23.45. B. Riley currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $430.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ulta Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $23.57 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Ulta Beauty’s Q1 2026 earnings at $6.29 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $5.22 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $5.21 EPS.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The specialty retailer reported $5.14 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.45 by $0.69. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 10.58% and a return on equity of 51.95%. The company had revenue of $2.53 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.50 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $5.07 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on ULTA. TD Cowen boosted their price target on shares of Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $480.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. DA Davidson upped their target price on Ulta Beauty from $435.00 to $510.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. UBS Group boosted their price target on Ulta Beauty from $470.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Citigroup raised their price objective on Ulta Beauty from $450.00 to $457.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Oppenheimer boosted their target price on shares of Ulta Beauty from $505.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Ulta Beauty currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $460.30.

Ulta Beauty Trading Down 3.1 %

Shares of Ulta Beauty stock opened at $415.14 on Friday. Ulta Beauty has a 12 month low of $318.17 and a 12 month high of $574.76. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $401.20 and its 200-day moving average price is $383.86. The firm has a market cap of $19.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.61, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.28.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ulta Beauty

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Ulta Beauty in the second quarter valued at approximately $525,000. Choreo LLC increased its stake in shares of Ulta Beauty by 71.7% in the 2nd quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 2,868 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $1,103,000 after acquiring an additional 1,198 shares during the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Ulta Beauty by 13.7% during the 2nd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 6,728 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $2,596,000 after acquiring an additional 812 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC grew its stake in shares of Ulta Beauty by 245.2% in the 2nd quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 1,588 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $613,000 after buying an additional 1,128 shares during the period. Finally, AGF Management Ltd. grew its position in Ulta Beauty by 50.5% in the second quarter. AGF Management Ltd. now owns 6,165 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $2,379,000 after acquiring an additional 2,070 shares during the period. 90.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Ulta Beauty Company Profile

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