Ulta Beauty (MIC:ULTA-RM) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Sep. 02, 2026)

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What is Ulta Beauty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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Ulta Beauty  (MIC:ULTA-RM) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


Ulta Beauty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Related Terms


Ulta Beauty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Ulta Beauty's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Ulta Beauty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Ulta Beauty Annual Data
Trend Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25 Jan26
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Ulta Beauty Quarterly Data
Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25 Jul25 Oct25 Jan26 Apr26 Jul26
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.68 12.50 15.25 12.16 11.37

MIC:ULTA-RM vs TSCO, BBY, WSM: Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Ulta Beauty's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ulta Beauty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ulta Beauty's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ulta Beauty's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Ulta Beauty Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Ulta Beauty's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, Ulta Beauty's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Jul. 2026 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jul. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Jul. 2026)
=61.762/333.9180*333.9180
=61.762

Current CPI (Jul. 2026) = 333.9180.

Ulta Beauty Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201610 23.302 241.729 32.189
201701 24.952 242.839 34.310
201704 26.446 244.524 36.114
201707 26.529 244.786 36.189
201710 26.461 246.663 35.821
201801 29.171 247.867 39.298
201804 29.549 250.546 39.382
201807 30.273 252.006 40.113
201810 30.873 252.885 40.766
201901 31.070 251.712 41.217
201904 33.140 255.548 43.303
201907 31.819 256.571 41.411
201910 32.246 257.346 41.841
202001 33.601 257.971 43.493
202004 31.147 256.389 40.565
202007 31.440 259.101 40.518
202010 32.920 260.388 42.216
202101 35.541 261.582 45.369
202104 33.486 267.054 41.870
202107 34.526 273.003 42.230
202110 36.677 276.589 44.279
202201 29.351 281.148 34.860
202204 33.545 289.109 38.744
202207 34.463 296.276 38.842
202210 37.670 298.012 42.209
202301 38.913 299.170 43.433
202304 40.416 303.363 44.487
202307 41.586 305.691 45.426
202310 41.689 307.671 45.245
202401 47.168 308.417 51.068
202404 48.087 313.548 51.211
202407 49.644 314.540 52.702
202410 50.012 315.664 52.904
202501 54.136 317.671 56.905
202504 53.956 320.795 56.163
202507 58.025 323.048 59.977
202510 59.166 0.000
202601 63.475 325.252 65.166
202604 59.679 333.020 59.840
202607 61.762 333.918 61.762

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Ulta Beauty Business Description

Address 1000 Remington Boulevard, Suite 120, Bolingbrook, IL, USA, 60440
Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the US with more than 1,500 freestanding stores. The firm offers cosmetics (38% of 2025 sales), fragrances (13%), skin care (24%), and hair care products (19%). It also has salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow, that account for 4% of its revenue and drive customer traffic. Outside of the US, Ulta operates premium beauty retailer Space NK (86 stores at year-end 2025 in the UK and Ireland) and has franchised stores in Mexico, and a joint venture in the Middle East. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.