Ulta Magnificence reported its fourth-quarter earnings Thursday.
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Ulta Magnificence reported earnings per share Thursday that missed expectations however income that topped what Wall Road was anticipating.
Shares of the corporate sank roughly 8% in prolonged buying and selling.
This is how the corporate carried out for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 31 in contrast with what Wall Road anticipated, in line with estimates from LSEG:
- Earnings per share: $8.01 vs. $8.03 anticipated
- Income: $3.90 billion vs. $3.80 billion anticipated
The corporate’s web gross sales grew 11.8% within the fourth quarter in contrast with the year-ago interval. For the total fiscal 2025 12 months, Ulta reported a 9.7% enhance in web gross sales to $12.4 billion.
The corporate stated its gross revenue as a share of web gross sales decreased barely due partially to a deleveraging of fastened bills and income, although that was offset by decrease stock shrink and provide chain efficiencies.
For fiscal 2026, Ulta stated it expects web gross sales progress of 6% to 7% and diluted earnings per share of between $28.05 and $28.55. The midpoint of that EPS steerage, at $28.30, was barely lower than the $28.40 on the midpoint what analysts had anticipated for 2026.
It additionally projected 2026 identical retailer gross sales of two.5% to three.5% in contrast with an estimate of as much as 3.5%, in line with Road Account.
Analysts had excessive expectations for the corporate’s earnings report. Oppenheimer analysts wrote in a Wednesday observe that they anticipated Ulta’s This fall outcomes to be “strong.”
“Our better-than-planned monetary efficiency displays our continued deal with serving our visitors and constantly delivering nice experiences by higher execution, compelling newness, extra seamless and handy experiences, and daring new merchandising and advertising methods,” CEO Kecia Steelman stated in an announcement.
It is the corporate’s first earnings report since Christopher DelOrefice turned Ulta’s chief monetary officer in early December.
Correction: The caption on the picture with this story has been revised to mirror that Ulta Magnificence reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. A earlier model of the caption misidentified the quarter the corporate reported.
