Ulta Beauty (WBO:ULTA) Days Inventory : 130.85 (As of Oct. 2024)

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What is Ulta Beauty Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Ulta Beauty's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was €2,007 Mil. Ulta Beauty's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was €1,399 Mil. Hence, Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was 130.85.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:ULTA' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 89.44 Med: 96.77 Max: 108.25
Current: 108.25

During the past 13 years, Ulta Beauty's highest Days Inventory was 108.25. The lowest was 89.44. And the median was 96.77.

WBO:ULTA's Days Inventory is ranked better than
50% of 1068 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 108.325 vs WBO:ULTA: 108.25

Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory increased from Oct. 2023 (123.58) to Oct. 2024 (130.85). It might indicate that Ulta Beauty's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Ulta Beauty's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was 0.70.

Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue. Ulta Beauty's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was 0.86.

Ulta Beauty Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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Ulta Beauty Days Inventory Chart

Ulta Beauty Annual Data

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95.73

112.38

89.62

89.76

89.91

Ulta Beauty Quarterly Data
	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24	Oct24
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															123.58	85.26	99.79	113.78	130.85

Competitive Comparison of Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

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Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory falls into.

Ulta Beauty Days Inventory Calculation

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.

Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Jan. 2024 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Jan. 2023 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Jan. 2024 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Jan. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (1488.003	+	1599.281)	/	2 )	/	6266.454	*	365
=	1543.642					/	6266.454	*	365
=	89.91

Ulta Beauty's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Oct. 2024 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Jul. 2024 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Oct. 2024 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Oct. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (1842.42	+	2171.241)	/	2 )	/	1399.451	*	365 / 4
=	2006.8305					/	1399.451	*	365 / 4
=	130.85

Ulta Beauty (WBO:ULTA) Days Inventory Explanation

Days Inventory indicates the liquidity of the inventory. Generally, a lower Days Inventory is preferred as it indicates a shorter duration to clear off the inventory. An increase of the ratio may indicate the company's sales slowed. Similar ratios related to Days Inventory are:

1. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Ulta Beauty's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	1399.451	/	2006.8305
	=	0.70

2. Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue.

Ulta Beauty's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	2006.8305	/	2322.632
	=	0.86

Be Aware

A lot of business are seasonable. It makes more sense to compare Days Inventory from the same period in the previous year instead of from the previous quarter.

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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 more than 600 individual brands. 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.