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With a $ 23.6 billion roof on the market, Ulta Beauty, Inc. is the company. (Ulta) is the largest specialized cosmetic store in the United States, with more than 25,000 products from about 500 fixed and emerging brands. The company runs stores with full -service salons and sells products through its website and mobile applications.

The shares of the cosmetics retail company outperformed the broader market over the past 52 weeks. ULTA shares increased by 39.4 % from this timeline, while the broader S&P 500 ($ Spx) has acquired 14.7 %. On the basis of YTD, Ulta shares increased by 20.2 %, compared to SPX by 9.5 %.

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Ultimate Beauty shares increased 11.8 % on May 29 after reporting Q1 2025 EPS worth $ 6.70 and net sales of $ 2.8 billion, with estimates. Similar sales increased by 2.9 %, driven by 2.3 % in average tickets and high transactions. The administration also raised the stock profit for the entire year to $ 22.65 – $ 23.20 and sales forecast raised to $ 11.5 billion – $ 11.7 billion.

For the fiscal year ending January 2026, analysts expect the arrow’s profitability in ULTA to decrease by 6.8 % on an annual basis to $ 23.63. Date of the company’s profits mixed. He won the unanimity estimates in three of the last four quarters while lost on another occasion.

Of the 27 analysts covering the shares, the consensus classification is a “moderate purchase”. This depends on 11 “strong purchase” categories, two “moderate purchases”, 13 “Holds”, and one “strong sale”.

This configuration is slightly lower than three months, with 12 “strong purchase” rating on stocks.

On August 26, Canaccord raised the Ulta Beauty price to $ 630 while maintaining the “purchase” classification.

The average target price of $ 531.10 represents a $ 1.4 % installment for the current prices of ULTA. The high price on the street of $ 640 targets that the potential upward trend is 22.2 %.

On the date of publication, Sohini Mondal did not have positions (either directly or indirectly) in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article are only for media purposes. This article was originally published on Barchart.com