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ULTA BEAUTY INC ULTA

Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States, Mexico, and Kuwait. The company offers branded and private label beauty products, including cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, professional hair products, and salon styling tools through its Ulta Beauty stores, shop-in-shops, Ulta.com website, and its mobile applications.

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Company profile

Business mix

  • The company offers branded and private label beauty products, including cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, professional hair products, and salon styling tools through its Ulta Beauty stores, shop-in-shops, Ulta.com website.
  • It also provides wellness products. The company was formerly known as ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. and changed its name to Ulta Beauty, Inc. in January 2017.
  • Ulta Beauty, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.

Current key questions

  • Can consumer demand, pricing, traffic, and channel execution support growth in specialty retail?
  • How do input costs, promotions, inventory, and brand strength affect margins?
  • Does management convert scale, store or digital reach, and capital allocation into higher per-share value?
Holders 2 Current sample portfolio
Public mentions 0 Videos / interviews / letters
Valuation snapshot
PE 17.52 FCF 5.63% Buyback 4.46%
2026-06-07

Current firm holders

Firm Weight Value Filing period
Smead Capital Management 1.4% $65.3M 2026-03-31
Gotham Asset Management Joel Greenblatt 0.2% $55.8M 2026-03-31

Recent trading changes over the last 3 quarters

Net buyers 2 Last 3 13F filing periods
Net reducers 1 Last 3 13F filing periods
Unchanged holders 0 Share count unchanged
Increase amount $20.7M Estimated from net added shares
Reduction amount $21.0M Estimated from net reduced shares
Net share change / base shares -0.3% -683 / 232,789
Gotham Asset Management Joel Greenblatt 3 filing periods
13F 2025-09-30 Filed 2025-11-14
Minor increase Shares 8.1% 13F value change +$8.3M
13F 2025-12-31 Filed 2026-02-17
Major increase Shares 18.3% 13F value change +$12.3M
13F 2026-03-31 Filed 2026-05-15
Major increase Shares 23.5% 13F value change +$3.5M
Settlement As of 13F 2026-03-31 · Filed 2026-05-15
Base shares 67,631 Last 3 periods +39,115 (+57.8%) Total shares 106,746 Value $55.8M
Smead Capital Management 3 filing periods
13F 2025-09-30 Filed 2025-11-10
Minor reduction Shares -7.1% 13F value change +$6.6M
13F 2025-12-31 Filed 2026-02-09
Minor reduction Shares -6.5% 13F value change +$2.9M
13F 2026-03-31 Filed 2026-05-14
Minor reduction Shares -13.0% 13F value change -$21.5M
Settlement As of 13F 2026-03-31 · Filed 2026-05-14
Base shares 165,158 Last 3 periods -40,263 (-24.4%) Total shares 124,895 Value $65.3M
Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio 2 filing periods
13F 2025-06-30 Filed 2025-08-13
New Shares - 13F value change +$27.4M
13F 2025-09-30 Filed 2025-11-13
Major reduction Shares -99.2% 13F value change -$27.1M
Settlement As of 13F 2025-09-30 · Filed 2025-11-13
Base shares 0 Last 3 periods +465 (New) Total shares 465 Value $254,239

Recent mentions

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