Ulta Beauty, Inc.

NasdaqGS:ULTA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$28.7b

Ulta Beauty Valuation

Is ULTA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of ULTA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ULTA ($647.36) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value ($488.57)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ULTA is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ULTA?

Key metric: As ULTA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ULTA. This is calculated by dividing ULTA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ULTA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.1x
EarningsUS$1.19b
Market CapUS$28.72b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ULTA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ULTA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.8x
TSCO Tractor Supply
24.5x7.49%US$26.9b
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods
17.8x12.40%US$18.2b
CHWY Chewy
58.5x26.35%US$12.1b
FIVE Five Below
34.3x11.71%US$10.6b
ULTA Ulta Beauty
24.1x5.09%US$28.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ULTA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.1x) compared to the peer average (33.8x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ULTA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Specialty Retail Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LUXE LuxExperience B.V
1.8x-101.29%US$1.08b
TLF Tandy Leather Factory
2.2xn/aUS$22.99m
SSOK Sunstock
0.09xn/aUS$69.18k
COSG Grand Gallery
0.0002xn/aUS$2.29k
No more companies available in this PE range
ULTA 24.1xIndustry Avg. 19.5xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ULTA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.1x) compared to the US Specialty Retail industry average (19.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ULTA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ULTA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.1x
Fair PE Ratio18x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ULTA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ULTA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$647.36
US$674.58
+4.21%
13.51%US$790.00US$440.00n/a24
Jan ’27US$605.01
US$618.22
+2.18%
11.38%US$725.00US$440.00n/a23
Dec ’26US$547.64
US$577.17
+5.39%
10.81%US$680.00US$405.00n/a23
Nov ’26US$519.88
US$575.78
+10.75%
10.75%US$680.00US$405.00n/a23
Oct ’26US$556.04
US$574.57
+3.33%
11.16%US$680.00US$405.00n/a23
Sep ’26US$492.73
US$572.95
+16.28%
11.85%US$680.00US$385.00n/a22
Aug ’26US$507.73
US$502.36
-1.06%
12.13%US$600.00US$350.00n/a22
Jul ’26US$473.44
US$478.57
+1.08%
10.55%US$550.00US$350.00n/a23
Jun ’26US$471.46
US$474.67
+0.68%
10.80%US$550.00US$350.00n/a23
May ’26US$392.93
US$414.13
+5.40%
13.97%US$526.00US$300.00n/a25
Apr ’26US$373.91
US$414.74
+10.92%
13.64%US$526.00US$310.00n/a26
Mar ’26US$366.36
US$457.47
+24.87%
10.82%US$538.00US$360.00n/a26
Feb ’26US$412.15
US$457.85
+11.09%
10.66%US$538.00US$361.12US$647.3626
Jan ’26US$434.93
US$438.31
+0.78%
12.35%US$510.00US$330.00US$605.0126
Dec ’25US$386.64
US$398.74
+3.13%
11.91%US$472.00US$300.00US$547.6426
Nov ’25US$377.65
US$396.24
+4.92%
12.29%US$472.00US$300.00US$519.8826
Oct ’25US$379.13
US$400.54
+5.65%
12.06%US$505.00US$300.00US$556.0426
Sep ’25US$352.84
US$406.96
+15.34%
11.05%US$505.00US$300.00US$492.7325
Aug ’25US$349.95
US$469.15
+34.06%
12.89%US$552.00US$325.00US$507.7325
Jul ’25US$384.41
US$481.94
+25.37%
12.80%US$608.58US$350.00US$473.4425
Jun ’25US$395.09
US$487.70
+23.44%
12.01%US$608.58US$350.00US$471.4625
May ’25US$402.11
US$550.33
+36.86%
13.74%US$690.00US$350.00US$392.9326
Apr ’25US$529.01
US$582.87
+10.18%
10.76%US$690.00US$410.00US$373.9126
Mar ’25US$549.98
US$547.77
-0.40%
12.48%US$635.00US$387.00US$366.3625
Feb ’25US$503.52
US$536.01
+6.45%
12.05%US$635.00US$378.00US$412.1525
US$674.58
Fair Value
4.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
24
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/02 05:50
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/30 00:00
Earnings2025/11/01
Annual Earnings2025/02/01

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Ulta Beauty, Inc. is covered by 41 analysts. 25 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Deborah CiervoArgus Research Company
Mark AltschwagerBaird
Adrienne Yih-TennantBarclays