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Ulta Beauty

Ticker ULTABOLINGBROOK, ILFiscal year ends JanuaryBook value per share $60.76Diluted shares 43.5M

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) operates as an international specialty beauty retailer headquartered in the United States with a comprehensive digital presence at www.ulta.com. The company functions as a premier destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, wellness items, hair care products, and salon… From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 01-30Changes are against fiscal 2025The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-08-01
Sales & profitability
$12.39BFY2026
+9.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $12.96B
12.37%FY2026
−1.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 12.46%
$1.15BFY2026
−4.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.21B
41.14%FY2026
−7.1 percentage points
Last 12 mo 45.77%
Cash & financing
$1.50BFY2026
+12.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.57B
$1.07BFY2026
+10.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.15B
0.02FY2026
Last 12 mo 0.13
45.0MFY2026
−5.1% year over year
Last 12 mo 43.5M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Ulta Beauty does

In the company’s own words

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) operates as an international specialty beauty retailer headquartered in the United States with a comprehensive digital presence at www.ulta.com. The company functions as a premier destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, wellness items, hair care products, and salon services, serving beauty enthusiasts across multiple demographics and shopping behaviors.

The company's core business centers on Ulta U.S., which operates more than 1,500 retail stores predominantly located in convenient, high-traffic power strip centers. The typical store spans approximately 10,000 square feet, including roughly 950 square feet dedicated to full-service salon operations. Ulta U.S. also offers a smaller footprint prototype ranging from 5,000 to 7,500 square feet to access smaller markets. The company employs approximately 65,000 associates in the U.S., 1,800 in the U.K. and Ireland, and 20 in Uruguay, with roughly 32 percent full-time and 68 percent part-time positions.

Ulta Beauty's assortment encompasses approximately 30,000 products from roughly 600 established and emerging beauty and wellness brands across all categories and price points. The company's top ten brand partners, including L'Oréal and Estée Lauder Companies, represented approximately 51 percent of total net sales. The Ulta Beauty Rewards loyalty program boasts more than 46 million members, with approximately 95 percent of total sales generated from members.

Beyond its U.S. operations, the company has expanded internationally through Space NK Limited, a luxury beauty retailer operating 84 stores in the United Kingdom and two in Ireland following the company's acquisition in July 2025. The company also maintains a joint venture in Mexico with Grupo Axo and a franchise partnership in the Middle East with Alshaya Group.

The company operates a sophisticated omnichannel model featuring owned distribution centers, market fulfillment centers, and a fast fulfillment center supporting both stores and e-commerce demand. Ulta Beauty also launched UB Marketplace, an integrated online marketplace offering complementary beauty, wellness, and lifestyle products from over 200 brands. The company's retail media network, Ulta Beauty Media, enables brand partners to connect with beauty enthusiasts across various advertising channels.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry (SIC)
Retail
Headquarters
BOLINGBROOK, IL
Fiscal year end
January
CIK
1403568
SIC
5990

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2014–2026 · USD
$-1.30B$2.59B$6.48B$10.36B$14.25B2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Ulta Beauty — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

790
funds hold it
1 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$7.27B
held by funds, at market
35.7%
of shares held by funds

Superinvestors in Ulta Beauty · what they did last quarter

Bill SmeadDECREASED -5.5%
Smead Capital Management
1.1%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · Ulta Beauty’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD MID-CAP INDEX FUND
VO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.19%of fund net assets
Fidelity 500 Index Fund
FXAIX · Fidelity Concord Street Trust
0.03%of fund net assets
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV · iShares Trust
0.03%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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