Ulta Beauty Inc. (ULTA) vs Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)

Ulta Beauty Inc. and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $26.9B against $23.5B — 1.1× the size. Ulta Beauty Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.8× against 23.4×. Ulta Beauty Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against 2.24%. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.7% vs 9.34%) and the higher return on invested capital (86.4% vs 36.4%). Across the 22 metrics below, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. leads on 12 and Ulta Beauty Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric ULTA WSM Specialty Retail median
P/E 19.78 23.41 17.14
P/S 1.81 3.41 0.48
P/B 8.86 12.75 1.71
Price to free cash flow 20.37 20.32 13.04
EV/EBITDA 13.01 15.64 8.92
EV/Sales 1.94 3.46 0.64
Earnings yield 5.06% 4.27% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 4.91% 4.92% 3.02%

Profitability

Metric ULTA WSM Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 39.32% 47.19% 37.89%
Operating margin 12.46% 19.21% 3.66%
Net margin 9.34% 14.73% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 8.87% 16.78% 1.44%
Return on equity 46.12% 54.96% 2.58%
Return on assets 17.80% 21.97% 0.25%
Return on invested capital 36.42% 86.41% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ULTA WSM Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.16% 2.24% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.18% 0.57% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.04% 2.85% 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 45.67% 9.84% 0.00%

Health

Metric ULTA WSM Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.00 0.27
Current ratio 1.35 1.45 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA (0.24) (0.62) 0.24

Dividend

Metric ULTA WSM Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield — 1.62% 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.23 0.00

Size

Metric ULTA WSM Specialty Retail median
Market cap 23.46b 26.93b 348.57m

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