Ulta Beauty, Inc. ULTA Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 39.3%+0.2pp | 39.1%-0.1pp | 39.2%+0.2pp | 39%+0.2pp | 38.8%0.0pp | |
| Operating margin | 12.4%+0.1pp | 12.4%-0.8pp | 13.1%-0.4pp | 13.6%-0.1pp | 13.7%-0.1pp | |
| Net margin | 9.4%0.0pp | 9.3%-0.6pp | 9.9%-0.4pp | 10.3%-0.1pp | 10.4%-0.2pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 14.9%+0.1pp | 14.8%-0.7pp | 15.5%-0.4pp | 16%-0.1pp | 16.1%-0.1pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.5%+0.3pp | 9.3%-0.1pp | 9.4%— | —— | —— | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 47.4%+3.9pp | 43.6%-4.4pp | 48%-0.6pp | 48.5%-1.9pp | 50.4%0.0pp | |
| Return on assets | 18.5%+0.7pp | 17.7%-0.6pp | 18.4%-1.1pp | 19.4%-1.1pp | 20.5%0.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 27.6%-0.4pp | 28%+2.4pp | 25.6%-2.5pp | 28.1%-3.0pp | 31.1%-2.3pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 2×+0.1× | 1.9×+0.1× | 1.8×0.0× | 1.9×-0.1× | 2×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 42.9×— | —— | 20.7×-25.9× | 46.6×+2.6× | 44×— | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×-0.3× | 1.7×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.4×+0.2× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.3× | 1.6×-0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.8×-0.2× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.1×+0.2× | 1×-0.3× | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.1×+0.3× | 0.8×+0.2× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $58.71-5.8% | $62.31+6.2% | $58.65+1.6% | $57.72+8.1% | $53.40+1.7% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $22.17B-27.0% | $30.38B+25.7% | $24.16B+9.4% | $22.09B+16.2% | $19.02B+12.0% | |
| Enterprise value | $24.3B-24.4% | $32.14B+21.1% | $26.53B+9.9% | $24.14B+17.5% | $20.54B+12.8% | |
| Price / earnings | 18.6×-7.7× | 26.3×+6.0× | 20.3×+1.9× | 18.4×+2.4× | 15.9×+1.8× | |
| Price / sales | 1.7×-0.7× | 2.5×+0.4× | 2×+0.1× | 1.9×+0.2× | 1.7×+0.2× | |
| Price / book | 8.6×-2.2× | 10.8×+1.7× | 9.2×+0.7× | 8.5×+0.7× | 7.8×+1.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.9×-4.7× | 17.5×+3.3× | 14.3×+1.3× | 13×+1.8× | 11.2×+1.2× | |
| EV / sales | 1.9×-0.7× | 2.6×+0.4× | 2.2×+0.1× | 2.1×+0.3× | 1.8×+0.2× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.5%+1.7pp | 3.8%-0.9pp | 4.6%— | —— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | 5.4%+1.6pp | 3.8%-1.1pp | 4.9%-0.5pp | 5.4%-0.8pp | 6.3%-0.8pp |
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- What are Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s profit margins?
- Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) runs a 39.3% gross margin and a 12.4% operating margin, with a 9.4% net margin.
- Where do Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
