Ulta Beauty

Founded 1990

Ticker ULTA

Exchange NASDAQ

Sector Beauty Retail

Market Cap Large Cap

Headquarters Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA

Target Audience Women aged 18–45. ~44 million Ultamate Rewards active members (FY2024).

The largest specialty beauty retailer in the US, combining prestige, mass-market, and salon offerings within a single destination. Its model is powerful because it sits at the intersection of beauty consumption, loyalty, and accessible premiumisation. Operates over 1,400 US stores alongside Space NK (UK and Ireland luxury beauty retailer, acquired July 2025). The Ultamate Rewards loyalty programme is central to its retention strategy.

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Financial Health Score

60.9 / 100

Behavioural Quality Score

38.5 / 100

Financial Metrics

10 metrics across growth, profitability, financial health, and capital efficiency — powered by Financial Modeling Prep + yfinance

Metric	Reported Figure	Ratio / Rate	Normalised Score	Note
Revenue Growth	Revenue $12.39B Prior Year Revenue $11.30B	9.7132	0.47	Year-over-year change in total revenue.
Gross Margin	Gross Profit $4.85B	39.0970	0.08	Gross profit as a percentage of revenue — how much revenue remains after direct production costs.
Operating Margin	Op. Income $1.53B	12.3700	0.56	Operating income as a percentage of revenue — efficiency after all operating costs including SG&A.
Net Profit Margin	Net Income $1.15B	9.3076	0.70	Net income as a percentage of revenue — bottom-line profitability after all costs, taxes, and interest.
FCF Margin	Free Cash Flow $1.07B	8.6175	0.40	Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue — cash actually generated after capital expenditure.
Debt to Equity	Total Debt $2.18B	0.7783x	0.70	Total debt divided by shareholder equity — degree of financial leverage. Lower is stronger; this metric is inverted in scoring.
Current Ratio	Current Assets $3.86B Current Liabilities $1.97B	1.9554x	0.35	Current assets divided by current liabilities — ability to meet short-term obligations.
Return on Equity (ROE)	Shareholders' Equity $2.80B	41.1450	1.00	⚑ Highest ROE in peer group. Net income divided by shareholder equity — profit generated per dollar of shareholder capital.
Return on Assets (ROA)	Total Assets $7.00B	16.4799	0.91	Net income divided by total assets — profit generated per dollar of total assets held.
Interest Coverage Ratio	EBIT $1.87B	1043.8758x	1.00	⚑ Highest in peer group — exceptionally low interest burden relative to operating earnings. EBIT divided by interest expense — how comfortably operating earnings cover interest obligations.

Valuation

Market-implied valuation multiples based on current stock price. Green = trading below peer median (cheaper). Red = trading above peer median (more expensive). P/E and EV/EBITDA are not shown for loss-making companies — Price/Sales remains available in all cases.

P/E Ratio

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How much investors pay per dollar of earnings. Peer median: 15.0x

EV / EBITDA

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Enterprise value relative to operating earnings. Preferred over P/E for comparing companies with different debt levels. Peer median: 10.4x

Price / Sales

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Market cap relative to annual revenue. Useful for loss-making firms. Peer median: 1.16x

ℹ Acquisition note: Ulta Beauty acquired Space NK (UK and Ireland luxury beauty retailer) in July 2025. The FY2025 Financial Score covers the year ended January 2025 — before the acquisition — so Space NK is not reflected in the score and will appear in FY2026. The live valuation multiples shown above reflect the current post-acquisition corporate structure.

Behavioural Signals

10 metrics across consumer experience & trust, employee culture & brand momentum — powered by Glassdoor, Google Trends, Trustpilot & App Store

Signal	Reported Figure	Normalised Score	Note
Google Trends Score (US)	28.6	0.192	⚑ Average US search interest score (0–100) over the past 12 months.
Google Trends Score (Global)	31.4	—	⚑ Reported for reference only — this company is classified as primarily US-focused, so global search interest is not included in its behavioural score weighting.
Trustpilot Rating	1.8	0.143	⚑ Customer star rating on Trustpilot (1–5).
App Rating	4.6	0.797	⚑ Google Play Store rating (1–5).
YouTube Subscribers	119K	0.180	⚑ Total YouTube channel subscribers — indicator of brand cultural reach and chosen ongoing content followership.
Instagram Followers	7.5M	0.428	⚑ Instagram followers — joint #6 in the universe at 7.5M, strong for a beauty retailer versus single-brand peers.
TikTok Total Likes	10.6M	0.165	⚑ TikTok total likes — cumulative engagement indicator reflecting cultural momentum, content reach, and platform relevance.
Glassdoor Overall Rating	3.4	0.625	⚑ Overall employee rating on Glassdoor (1–5).
Glassdoor CEO Approval %	57%	0.396	⚑ % of employees who approve of the CEO.
Glassdoor Recommend %	55%	0.519	⚑ % of employees who would recommend the company to a friend.

Google Trends weighting reflects this company's primarily US-focused market presence, with the Global Trends score shown for reference only. Some behavioural data is manually collected. Last updated: 2026-05-14.

Glassdoor Snapshot

Overall Rating 3.4

CEO Approval 57%

Recommend to Friend 55%

Culture Rating 3.3

Work / Life Balance 3.1

Diversity & Inclusion 3.9

Senior Management 2.8

Compensation & Benefits 3.1

Glassdoor data is manually collected. Last updated: 2026-05-13

Signal Profiles Spider Map

Normalised scores across financial and behavioural signals (0–1 scale)

Financial

Behavioural

Each axis represents one signal. Points closer to the outer edge indicate stronger performance relative to peers — a larger, fuller shape means stronger overall signal quality. Points near the centre indicate weaker relative performance on that metric. All values are normalised relative to the companies in the BrandSignals universe.