Ulta Beauty rose 1.4% during the afternoon session to $471.52 per share. As reported by Barrons: "Ulta Beauty's Earnings Are Today. Here's What to Expect. ..." You can read more about it here. For those of you thinking about investing in the stock, here is a brief look at the company's fundamentals.
Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a retailer of beauty products in the United States. The company belongs to the Consumer Cyclical sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.11 and an average price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.11. In contrast, Ulta Beauty has a trailing 12 month P/E ratio of 22.5 and a P/B ratio of 13.7.
Ulta Beauty has moved 21.2% over the last year compared to -10.9% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 32.0%. Ulta Beauty has a 52 week high of $473.5 and a 52 week low of $330.8. At today's price of $471.52 per share, Ulta Beauty is -2.91% away from its target price of $485.63, and on average, analysts give the stock a rating of buy.3.6% of the company's shares are linked to short positions, and 96.0% of the shares are owned by institutional investors.