Key Takeaways
- Ulta Beauty shares are jumping 7% in premarket trading Friday, a day after the cosmetics retailer reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.
- Ulta's earnings per share, net sales, and comparable sales all surpassed analysts' estimates, though its outlook for 2025 undershot projections.
- Ulta shares had fallen nearly 45% in the past 12 months entering Friday.
Ulta Beauty (ULTA) shares are jumping 7% in premarket trading Friday, a day after the cosmetics retailer reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.
Ulta posted 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:earnings per share (EPS) of $8.46 on net sales of $3.49 billion, ahead of Visible Alpha estimates of $7.13 and $3.46 billion, respectively. 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Comparable sales growth ▨of 1.5% surpassed expectations of a 0.8% increase.
The company sees 2025 EPS of $22.50 to $22.90, net sales of $11.5 billion to $11.6 billion, and comparable sales between flat and up 1%. All are below expectation.
CEO Kecia Steelman, who took over the role after Dave Kimbell 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:retired in January, said the upcoming fiscal year will be "pivotal," as the company invests to fuel its growth and seeks to "optimize" its business.&n⛄bsp;
Ulta shares had fallen nearly ܫ45% in the past 12 months entering Friday.