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Ulta Beauty, Inc. ULTA

Retail-Retail Stores, NEC · CIK 0001403568 · Fiscal year ends 0130

Revenue
$12.39B
Fiscal year ended 2026-01-31
Operating income
$1.53B
Fiscal year ended 2026-01-31
Free cash flow
$1.07B
Fiscal year ended 2026-01-31

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$16.87BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-08-01
Float per share$385.63Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income14.6×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue1.4×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity6.0×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-08-01, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2026-01-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

14.6× earnings today, against a median of 15.5× across 10 years on record. In line with its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-08-01$16.87B14.6×
2024-08-02$12.74B10.6×
2023-07-28$17.55B13.6×
2022-07-29$16.12B13.0×
2021-07-30$13.83B14.0×
2020-07-31$8.13B46.2×
2019-08-02$14.37B20.4×
2018-08-03$10.74B16.3×
2017-07-28$9.85B17.7×
2016-07-29$10.92B26.6×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Retail-Retail Stores, NEC filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Net margin9.3%100th
Operating margin12.4%91th
SBC / revenue0.3%11th
CapEx / revenue3.5%86th
FCF margin8.6%86th
Revenue YoY growth9.7%82th
Effective tax rate24.4%20th
Current ratio1.41x67th
Gross margin39.1%55th

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) reported revenue of $12.39B and net income of $1.15B for the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Ulta Beauty, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Retail-Retail Stores, NEC.

Income

Ulta Beauty, Inc. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
Revenue$12.39B$11.30B$11.21B$10.21B$8.63B$6.15B$7.40B$6.72B$5.88B$4.85B
Cost of revenue$7.55B$6.91B$6.83B$6.16B$5.26B$4.20B$4.72B$4.31B$3.79B$3.11B
Gross profit$4.85B$4.39B$4.38B$4.04B$3.37B$1.95B$2.68B$2.41B$2.10B$1.75B
Operating income$1.53B$1.56B$1.68B$1.64B$1.30B$236.82M$901.09M$854.08M$785.29M$654.82M
Net income$1.15B$1.20B$1.29B$1.24B$985.84M$175.84M$705.94M$658.56M$555.23M$409.76M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 44.99Mshares 47.40Mshares 49.60Mshares 51.74Mshares 54.84Mshares 56.56Mshares 58.10Mshares 60.18Mshares 61.98Mshares 62.85M
Pretax income$1.53B$1.58B$1.70B$1.64B$1.30B$231.08M$906.15M$859.14M$786.86M$655.71M
Income tax expense$373.87M$378.95M$404.65M$401.14M$309.99M$55.25M$200.20M$200.58M$231.62M$245.95M
Diluted EPS$25.64$25.34$26.03$24.01$17.98$3.11$12.15$10.94$8.96$6.52
Selling, general & administrative$3.30B$2.81B$2.69B$2.40B$2.06B$1.58B$1.76B$1.54B$1.29B$1.07B
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Ulta Beauty, Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
Cash & equivalents$424.24M$703.20M$766.59M$737.88M$431.56M$1.05B$392.32M$409.25M$277.44M$385.01M
Total assets$7.00B$6.00B$5.71B$5.37B$4.76B$5.09B$4.86B$3.19B$2.91B$2.55B
Current assets$3.14B$3.03B$2.84B$2.71B$2.28B$2.51B$2.06B$1.91B$1.69B$1.54B
Total liabilities$4.20B$3.51B$3.43B$3.41B$3.23B$3.09B$2.96B$1.37B$1.13B$1.00B
Current liabilities$2.22B$1.78B$1.66B$1.68B$1.56B$1.34B$1.14B$823.74M$642.17M$529.34M
Total equity incl. NCI$2.80B$2.49B$2.28B$1.96B$1.54B$2.00B$1.90B$1.82B$1.77B$1.55B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts receivable$296.22M$223.33M$207.94M$199.42M$233.68M$193.11M$139.34M$136.17M$99.72M$88.63M
Goodwill$226.42M$10.87M$10.87M$10.87M$10.87M$10.87M$10.87M$10.87M$0Unavailable
Long-term debtUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts payable$685.89M$563.76M$544.00M$559.53M$552.73M$477.05M$414.01M$404.02M$325.76M$259.52M

Cash flow

Ulta Beauty, Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
Operating cash flow$1.50B$1.34B$1.48B$1.48B$1.06B$810.36M$1.10B$956.13M$779.37M$634.38M
Capital expenditures$434.83M$374.46M$435.27M$312.13M$172.19M$151.87M$298.53M$319.40M$440.71M$373.45M
Investing cash flow-$931.35M-$383.09M-$441.42M-$314.58M-$176.48M-$48.75M-$471.48M-$215.11M-$530.71M-$273.45M
Financing cash flow-$850.67M-$1.02B-$1.01B-$861.01M-$1.50B-$107.93M-$646.74M-$609.21M-$356.22M-$321.77M
Net change in cash-$278.96M-$63.39M$28.72M$306.32M-$614.49M$653.73M-$16.93M$131.81M-$107.56M$39.17M
Stock-based compensation$37.43M$42.79M$48.25M$43.04M$47.26M$27.58M$25.64M$27.49M$24.40M$19.34M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$901.39M$1.00B$995.74M$900.03M$1.52B$114.90M$680.98M$616.19M$367.58M$344.28M
Depreciation & amortization$300.77M$267.04M$243.84M$241.37M$268.46M$297.77M$295.60M$279.47M$252.71M$210.30M

Derived

Ulta Beauty, Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
Free cash flow$1.07B$964.15M$1.04B$1.17B$887.08M$658.49M$802.76M$636.73M$338.65M$260.94M
Gross margin39.1%38.8%39.1%39.6%39.0%31.7%36.2%35.9%35.6%36.0%
Operating margin12.4%13.9%15.0%16.1%15.0%3.8%12.2%12.7%13.3%13.5%
FCF margin8.6%8.5%9.3%11.5%10.3%10.7%10.9%9.5%5.8%5.4%
SBC / revenue0.3%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.5%0.4%0.3%0.4%0.4%0.4%
Current ratio1.41x1.70x1.71x1.61x1.46x1.87x1.81x2.32x2.64x2.90x
Revenue YoY growth9.7%0.8%9.8%18.3%40.3%-16.8%10.1%14.1%21.2%Unavailable
Net margin9.3%10.6%11.5%12.2%11.4%2.9%9.5%9.8%9.4%8.4%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue3.5%3.3%3.9%3.1%2.0%2.5%4.0%4.8%7.5%7.7%
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate24.4%24.0%23.9%24.4%23.9%23.9%22.1%23.3%29.4%37.5%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open ULTA in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-27View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-06-02View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-03-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-12-04View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-28View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-29View SEC filing

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