Ulta Beauty Inc.

ULTA Consumer Cyclical Specialty Retail

Ulta Beauty Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $12.4 billion, up 9.71% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 8.87%, EPS grew 13.3%, free cash flow grew 96.5% and total debt rose 17.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for five consecutive years.

592.94 16.30 −2.68%
Market cap
$26.1B
P/E
21.5×
Fwd P/E
16.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
7.15
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
n/a

Ulta Beauty Inc. (ULTA) Return on assets

Alert me on Return on assets

Ulta Beauty Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 17.8%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (17.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.53% (fiscal 2021) to 24.5% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 50% of that period. That is above the Specialty Retail industry median of 0.16% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.87%.

Return on assets, annual

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2026 17.7% (2.78)
FY2025 20.5% (2.79)
FY2024 23.3% (1.21)
FY2023 24.5% 4.51
FY2022 20.0% 16.48
FY2021 3.53% (14.00)
FY2020 17.5% (4.06)
FY2019 21.6% 1.25
FY2018 20.3% 3.21
FY2017 17.1% 1.94

Against its own ten years

Low 3.53% High 24.5%
Ten-year median 18.9%
Current reading's percentile 50

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc. compare 22.0%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. 17.8%
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. compare 12.7%
FIVE Five Below, Inc. compare 12.5%
TSCO Tractor Supply Company compare 8.91%
CASY Casey's General Stores, Inc. compare 8.84%
GME GameStop Corp. compare 8.32%
BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. compare 8.11%
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. compare 5.80%
Specialty Retail industry median 0.16%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 0.87%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

The full definition of Return on assets →

More on ULTA