Ulta Beauty, Inc.

ULTA stock score: 65/100

$635.01 · +4.62% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
69
Fundamental
62
News
54

The reading

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) scores 65 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 94% of Consumer Cyclical stocks and 91% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 69, fundamentals 62.

Among the fundamentals, Institutional Ownership at 100 and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) at 98 score highest, while Price to Book Ratio at 2 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 72 and contrarian oscillators 28 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 54; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 57 to 72, and it is down 5 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward ULTA’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

62

Pulling it up

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)98

    Return on Invested Capital measures the operating profit a company earns on all the capital invested in it, debt and equity alike.

  • Debt to Equity96

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

Holding it back

  • Price to Book Ratio2

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

  • Quick Ratio17

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

  • Congressional Trading27

    Congressional trading score analyzes stock purchases and sales by members of Congress.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

67

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Ichimoku Cloud100

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • RSI (14)0

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Social Sentiment (1W)
54

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly611
Daily673
Weekly692
Monthly742
Quarterly702

Composite score, last 90 days

05010065Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 70Jul 26, 2026: 70Jul 27, 2026: 71Jul 28, 2026: 72Jul 29, 2026: 63Jul 30, 2026: 64Jul 31, 2026: 67Aug 2, 2026: 57Aug 3, 2026: 59Aug 4, 2026: 62Aug 5, 2026: 61Aug 6, 2026: 61Aug 7, 2026: 67Aug 8, 2026: 67Aug 9, 2026: 67Aug 10, 2026: 66Aug 11, 2026: 65Aug 12, 2026: 64Aug 13, 2026: 63Aug 14, 2026: 61Aug 15, 2026: 61Aug 16, 2026: 62Aug 17, 2026: 59Aug 18, 2026: 63Aug 19, 2026: 65Aug 20, 2026: 63Aug 22, 2026: 61Aug 23, 2026: 61Aug 24, 2026: 64Aug 25, 2026: 64Aug 26, 2026: 64Aug 27, 2026: 62Aug 28, 2026: 61Aug 29, 2026: 61Aug 30, 2026: 60Aug 31, 2026: 62Sep 1, 2026: 63Sep 2, 2026: 64Sep 3, 2026: 64Sep 4, 2026: 65Sep 5, 2026: 65Sep 6, 2026: 65Sep 7, 2026: 64Sep 8, 2026: 64Sep 9, 2026: 63Sep 10, 2026: 61Sep 11, 2026: 62Sep 12, 2026: 62Sep 13, 2026: 62Sep 14, 2026: 63Sep 15, 2026: 63Sep 16, 2026: 61Sep 17, 2026: 63Sep 18, 2026: 62Sep 19, 2026: 62Sep 20, 2026: 62Sep 21, 2026: 65Sep 22, 2026: 64Sep 23, 2026: 63Sep 24, 2026: 63Sep 25, 2026: 63Sep 26, 2026: 62Sep 27, 2026: 62Sep 28, 2026: 62Sep 29, 2026: 63Sep 30, 2026: 61Oct 1, 2026: 61Oct 2, 2026: 61Oct 3, 2026: 61Oct 4, 2026: 61Oct 5, 2026: 63Oct 6, 2026: 63Oct 7, 2026: 62Oct 8, 2026: 64Oct 9, 2026: 64Oct 10, 2026: 64Oct 11, 2026: 64Oct 12, 2026: 64Oct 13, 2026: 65Oct 14, 2026: 64Oct 15, 2026: 65Oct 16, 2026: 64Oct 17, 2026: 64Oct 18, 2026: 64Oct 19, 2026: 64Oct 20, 2026: 65Oct 21, 2026: 65Oct 22, 2026: 65
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Key facts

Market cap
$27.2B
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Specialty Retail
Beta
0.84
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Dec 3, 2026

Specialty Retail peers

CompanyMarket capScore
WSM Williams-Sonoma$30.7B64
CASY Casey's General Stores$26.4B63
BBY Best Buy Co.$20.9B61
TSCO Tractor Supply Company$18.1B51
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods$14.7B51
GME GameStop$12.8B58

Questions

What is ULTA's stock score today?

ULTA scores 65/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 69, fundamental 62, and news sentiment 54, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is ULTA a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 65 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the ULTA score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Consumer Cyclical ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.