25 August, 2017
JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of Ulta Beauty by 4.0% in the second quarter. Ulta Salon Cosmetcs & Frag I now has $14.50B valuation.
The company is so far trading up since yesterday's close of $232.06. About 3,094 shares traded. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and thirteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. It has outperformed by 26.87% the S&P500. The total value of its holdings decreased 72.2%. The firm has "Hold" rating given on Thursday, July 6 by RBC Capital Markets. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $360.00 price objective (up previously from $320.00) on shares of Ulta Beauty in a research report on Friday, May 26th. STAY's SI was 7.01 million shares in August as released by FINRA. The correct version of this article can be read at https://stocknewstimes.com/2017/08/25/ulta-beauty-inc-ulta-given-new-270-00-price-target-at-stifel-nicolaus.html. Also, there are 0 buy, 0 sell and 0 strong sell ratings, collectively assigning a 2.05 average brokerage recommendation. Robert W. Baird maintained the stock with "Buy" rating in Wednesday, August 23 report. The firm has "Buy" rating by CLSA given on Friday, September 30.
Investors sentiment increased to 1.06 in Q4 2016. The specialty retailer reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.05.
Ulta Beauty, Inc is a holding company for the Ulta Beauty group of companies. Gam Holdings Ag holds 0.09% or 20,793 shares in its portfolio. Out of 2 Wall Street analysts rating Ryder System, 1 give it "Buy", 0 "Sell" rating, while 1 recommend "Hold". 71,227 were accumulated by Westfield Cap Management Communications Ltd Partnership. The value in dollars went from $3,707,000 to $2,823,000 decreasing 23.8% for the reporting period. Ubs Asset Americas reported 139,165 shares.
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 24th. Liberty Capital Mngmt Inc reported 1.26% stake. Prudential Fincl holds 0.05% or 110,280 shares. Sunbelt Inc reported 524 shares. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 4,126 shares in the company, valued at $1,288,797.36. Ameritas Investment Ptnrs has 2,506 shares for 0.03% of their portfolio. Ulta Beauty Inc (NDAQ:ULTA) has risen 41.46% since August 25, 2016 and is uptrending.
Since March 14, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 12 insider sales for $58.71 million activity. Halligan Catherine Ann had sold 500 shares worth $156,182. Dillon Mary had sold 33,955 shares worth $9.71M on Monday, March 20. The firm has "Buy" rating given on Friday, March 11 by Nomura. On Friday, March 17 the insider Nagler Lorna sold $1.20 million. $3.26 million worth of Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) shares were sold by Settersten Scott M. Therefore 56% are positive. Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc had 10 analyst reports since April 11, 2017 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Monday, August 22, the company rating was maintained by Piper Jaffray. As per Monday, July 17, the company rating was maintained by Oppenheimer. On Friday, March 11 the stock rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with "Hold". Deutsche Bank has "Hold" rating and $280 target. Zacks Investment Research raised Ulta Beauty from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a $336.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 10th. The company was maintained on Friday, May 27 by KeyBanc Capital Markets. The stock has a market cap of $14.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.82 and a beta of 0.57. The Firm operates through three divisions: Fleet Management Solutions, which provides leasing, commercial rental, contract maintenance, and contract-related maintenance of trucks, tractors and trailers to clients principally in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; Dedicated Transportation Solutions (DTS), which provides vehicles and drivers as part of a dedicated transportation solution in the United States, and Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), which provides supply chain solutions, including distribution and transportation services in North America and Asia.