StockDuty Jun 18, 2026 07:09 PM ET
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$ULTA — BUY 📊

ULTA
$488.45
+0.60%
$ULTA — BUY 📊 Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States, Mexico, and Kuwait. 🎯 Q1 FY26 | Rev $3B | EPS $7.74 vs $6.89 🟢 💡 Consensus underestimated ULTA's pricing power and traffic momentum, expecting only 11% EPS growth against actual 15.5%. The market is still pricing in a consumer spending slowdown, but the 5.3% comps and operating income growth suggest the business is threading the needle, and forward P/E on upward revisions will look cheap versus peers. 📉 Reward/Risk: 2.4:1 🏢 Business Quality: 8/10 - Wide moat from loyalty program, exclusive brands, integrated salon model, and best-in-class omnichannel execution driving consistent high-single-digit comps. 📊 Our read: BUY. Full analysis → https://stockduty.xyz/s/ULTA0618
Ulta Beauty, Inc. operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States, Mexico, and Kuwait.
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