Ulta Beauty, Inc. ULTA Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 39.3%+0.5pp | 39.1%+0.3pp | 39.2%+0.5pp | 39%+0.3pp | 38.8%-0.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 12.4%-1.3pp | 12.4%-1.5pp | 13.1%-0.7pp | 13.6%-0.3pp | 13.7%-0.8pp | |
| Net margin | 9.4%-1.1pp | 9.3%-1.3pp | 9.9%-0.6pp | 10.3%-0.4pp | 10.4%-0.7pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 14.9%-1.2pp | 14.8%-1.4pp | 15.5%-0.5pp | 16%-0.2pp | 16.1%-0.6pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.5%— | 9.3%— | 9.4%— | —— | —— | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 47.4%-3.0pp | 43.6%-6.8pp | 48%-7.2pp | 48.5%-6.5pp | 50.4%-7.8pp | |
| Return on assets | 18.5%-2.1pp | 17.7%-2.8pp | 18.4%-2.5pp | 19.4%-2.6pp | 20.5%-2.3pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 27.6%-3.5pp | 28%-5.3pp | 25.6%-3.1pp | 28.1%-4.2pp | 31.1%-4.7pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 2×0.0× | 1.9×0.0× | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.9×-0.2× | 2×-0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 42.9×-1.1× | —— | 20.7×+4.7× | 46.6×-42.1× | 44×-0.2× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.3×-0.4× | 1.4×-0.3× | 1.3×-0.3× | 1.4×-0.4× | 1.7×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.2×-0.4× | 1.4×-0.3× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.3×-0.4× | 1.6×-0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×-0.2× | 0.2×-0.2× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.1×+0.3× | 1×+0.3× | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.1×+0.3× | 0.8×+0.1× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $58.71+9.9% | $62.31+18.7% | $58.65+18.6% | $57.72+17.2% | $53.40+12.3% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $22.17B+16.5% | $30.38B+78.8% | $24.16B+31.5% | $22.09B+31.8% | $19.02B0.0% | |
| Enterprise value | $24.3B+18.3% | $32.14B+76.5% | $26.53B+30.5% | $24.14B+32.1% | $20.54B+0.8% | |
| Price / earnings | 18.6×+2.7× | 26.3×+12.2× | 20.3×+5.0× | 18.4×+4.5× | 15.9×+0.8× | |
| Price / sales | 1.7×+0.1× | 2.5×+0.9× | 2×+0.4× | 1.9×+0.4× | 1.7×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 8.6×+0.8× | 10.8×+4.0× | 9.2×+1.3× | 8.5×+1.3× | 7.8×-0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.9×+1.7× | 17.5×+7.6× | 14.3×+3.1× | 13×+3.0× | 11.2×+0.4× | |
| EV / sales | 1.9×+0.1× | 2.6×+1.0× | 2.2×+0.4× | 2.1×+0.5× | 1.8×0.0× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.5%— | 3.8%— | 4.6%— | —— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | 5.4%-0.9pp | 3.8%-3.3pp | 4.9%-1.6pp | 5.4%-1.8pp | 6.3%-0.3pp |
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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.
