“The increase in net cash used in financing activities in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2026 compared to the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2025 was primarily due to an increase in share repurchases, partially offset by borrowings from short-term debt.”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
Ulta Beauty, Inc.
ULTA
Market read
Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 11.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- ULTA's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if ULTA's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 11.1% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- ULTA's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +9.7% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.30x in the latest annual period.
- Operating margin changed -1.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -1.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- Supply chain and availability has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
- P/E is 81% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 121% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
535.86Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The decrease in net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2024 relative to fiscal 2023 was primarily due to less capital expenditures for information technology systems and supply chain, partially offset by more capital expenditures for new, remodeled,…”10-K · Mar 26, 2026 ↗
“The decrease in net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2024 relative to fiscal 2023 was primarily due to less capital expenditures for information technology systems and supply chain, partially offset by more capital expenditures for new, remodeled,…”10-K · Mar 26, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.9× · EV/sales 1.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ULTA. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-06-02 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-29.
What improved
- Revenue increased 11.1% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“ 2025 Stores opened 19 6 Stores remodeled – 4 Stores relocated 2 2 The decrease in net cash used in investing activities in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2025 was primarily due to lower capital expenditures for supply chain and merchandising fixtures and proceeds from short-term investments.”
“SG&A expenses as a percentage of net sales increased to 25.8% for the 13 weeks ended May 2, 2026 compared to 24.9% for the 13 weeks ended May 3, 2025, primarily due to deleverage of corporate overhead due to strategic enterprise investments and store expenses, partially offset by leverage of advertising expenses.”
“The increase in net cash used in financing activities in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2025 was primarily due to an increase in share repurchases.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind ULTA
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
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“so amended, the “Loan Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and a Lender thereunder; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners; JPMorga…”
Depended on by
ELF12.0% of ELFcustomerFeb 5, 2026 ▾
“We have strong relationships with our retail customers such as Target, Walmart, Ulta Beauty, Amazon and other leading retailers that have enabled us to expand distribution both domestically and internationally.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
ULTA is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Beauty Specialty Retail. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for ULTA; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.