With 1,385 stores at the end of fiscal 2023 and a partnership with Target, Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the US. The firm offers makeup (41% of 2023 sales), fragrances, skin care (19% of sales), and hair care products (19% of sales), and bath and body items. Ulta offers private-label products and merchandise from more than 500 vendors. It also offers salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow services, in all stores. Most Ulta stores are approximately 10,000 square feet and are in suburban strip centers. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.

Financial Strength

6/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry	Vs History
Cash-To-Debt	0.28
Equity-to-Asset	0.41
Debt-to-Equity	0.82
Debt-to-EBITDA	1
Interest Coverage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Piotroski F-Score	7/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	6.91	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-2.45	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	27.6
	3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate	49.1
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	75.4
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	21.7
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	9.9
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate	6.23
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	4.8

Momentum Rank

4/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	55.29
	9-Day RSI	52.05
	14-Day RSI	46.73
	6-1 Month Momentum %	-18.79
	12-1 Month Momentum %	-9.45

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	1.76
	Quick Ratio	0.54
	Cash Ratio	0.33
	Days Inventory	100.85
	Days Sales Outstanding	6.33
	Days Payable	29.06

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	4.9
	Shareholder Yield %	5.19

Profitability Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	38.91
	Operating Margin %	14.58
	Net Margin %	11.13
	FCF Margin %	8.09
	ROE %	58.86
	ROA %	22.81
	ROIC %	30.61
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	45.76
	ROCE %	42.54
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	10

GF Value Rank

8/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	15.18
	Forward PE Ratio	14.72
	PE Ratio without NRI	15.08
	Shiller PE Ratio	27.5
	Price-to-Owner-Earnings	28.19
	PEG Ratio	0.79
	PS Ratio	1.67
	PB Ratio	8.09
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	8.13
	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	20.74
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	14.31
	EV-to-EBIT	12.14
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	12.39
	EV-to-EBITDA	10.54
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	10.61
	EV-to-Revenue	1.77
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	1.73
	EV-to-FCF	21.9
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	1.36
	Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based)	0.48
	Price-to-DCF (FCF Based)	0.66
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	0.63
	Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value	0.63
	Price-to-Graham-Number	2.33
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	8.24
	FCF Yield %	4.92
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	24.25

GF Value: $572.43

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