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ULTAUlta Beauty

$548.26-2.81%Real quote · delayedBeauty retail

🏛️ Company factsSEC filings + FINRA official data

Annual revenue $12.4B · latest quarter up 8.9% YoY · profitable (FY net income $1.2B) · short activity above its recent average — bears adding.

FY revenue

$12.4B

2026-01

Latest Q YoY

+8.9%

Gross margin

39.1%

FY net income

$1.2B

Diluted EPS

$25.72

Short volume

70.4%

20d avg 62.3% · shorts building

🐋 5%+ ownership filings (last 180d)

The parties below hold over 5% of this company and disclosed it to the SEC (mandatory in US markets). "Activist" filers state an intent to influence the company; "Passive" are pure investment positions.

2026-08-04passive (13G)Sanders Capital, LLC
2026-04-30passive (13G)VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
2026-03-27passive (13G)VANGUARD GROUP INC

🎯 Market expectations

Expectation reliability High · 84/100

Nasdaq analyst consensus · the pre-news baseline

Next quarter (Oct 2026) consensus$5.60Estimate range $5.43 ~ $5.77 · 12 analystsRevisions (4w):↓10

History: actual vs consensusavg +7.6%

Jul 2026$6.55 vs $6.21+5.48%
Apr 2026$7.74 vs $6.90+12.17%
Jan 2026$8.01 vs $8.00+0.13%
Oct 2025$5.14 vs $4.56+12.72%

The takeaway

This company habitually beats by +7.6% — the next report has to clear that bar to count as good news. Analysts cut estimates 10× in 4 weeks.

Analyst estimates, not our forecast · not investment advice

What's moving this stock lately

2 direct · 0 2nd-order · 0 thematic

Ranked by impact strength · strength = estimated move × freshness decay (shorter-lived effects decay faster)

#1▼0.75%DirectFriday's First Moves: AFRM & GAP Soar on Earnings, ULTA Shows Blemish11d ago
Blemished results pressure the stock; despite +8.9% revenue growth and recent upward revisions (5 of 11 analysts), high expectations were not met.
Impact chain →
Also named: AFRM · PYPL · SOFI · GAP · ANF · URBN
#2▲0.45%DirectUlta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript12d ago
With an average ~10% beat over four quarters already priced in and only a transcript—no headline figures—the incremental information is limited and moves should be modest
Impact chain →
Also named: ELF · EL · TGT · SBH

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