Ulta Beauty (ULTA)

• Market cap: $20.5B
• 1 day: 2.47%
• 5 days: 2.98%
• 1 month: 3.02%
• 3 months: -11.45%
• 6 months: -28.01%
• Year to date: -22.96%
• 1 year: -1.53%
• 5 years: 43.82%
• 10 years: 86.52%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail

About: 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.

Employees: 65,000