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Is Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA) undervalued?

$550.59+0.70% todayNasdaqGS · USD · last traded 2026-09-14 17:07 UTC

Ulta Beauty, Inc. trades on a P/E of 21.47 against earnings growth of 2.2% a year over the last 3 years, giving a PEG ratio of 9.70 — above the 2.0 level conventionally read as expensive relative to growth.

Earnings figures are measured from ULTA’s filed annual accounts, not estimated. PEG compares price to earnings growth alone — it says nothing about debt, cash generation, or what an acquirer would pay. Read it alongside the figures below rather than on its own.

PEG ratio9.70
01.02.03.0+
Convention reads below 1.0 as inexpensive relative to growth and above 2.0 as expensive, though typical ranges differ sharply by sector.
P/E ratio21.47
earnings growth (3-year CAGR)2.2%
PEG ratio9.70
Measured from ULTA's filed annual accounts. Trailing, not forecast.
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What it would cost to buy ULTA

Enterprise value is what it would cost to take the whole company: every share at today’s price, plus the debt an acquirer assumes, less the cash they receive. For Ulta Beauty, Inc. that is $24.18B.

Every term below is a line item from a filed statement. The numbers beside each one open the filing it came from — balance-sheet figures arrive already scaled, so there is no “in thousands” to catch you out.

42.8M shares · 10-Q cover page

market capitalisation$23.54B
total debt$800.0M
cash & equivalents$158.5M
enterprise value$24.18B
Cash as reported to 2026-08-01; debt to 2020-08-01 — the two are not from the same balance sheet.
Enterprise-value multiples for Ulta Beauty, Inc.
MeasureValue
Diluted earnings per shareto 2026-01-31$25.64
P/E ratioto 2026-01-3121.5
Earnings growth (3-year CAGR)to 2026-01-312.2%
PEG ratioto 2026-01-319.7
Market capitalisationto 2026-08-24$23.54B
Total debtto 2020-08-01$800.0M
Net debtto 2026-08-01$586.5M
Enterprise valueto 2026-08-01$24.18B
EBITDAto 2026-01-31$1.83B
Free cash flowto 2026-01-31$1.07B
EV / EBITDAto 2026-01-3113.2×
EV / Salesto 2026-01-312.0×
Free cash flow yieldto 2026-01-314.5%
Net debt / EBITDAto 2026-01-310.3×
Return on capital employedto 2026-01-3144.5%

Earnings growth is measured across Ulta Beauty, Inc.’s own filed annual accounts. PEG conventionally uses forecast growth from analyst estimates; filings contain only history, so this is trailing growth and will read differently from a PEG quoted elsewhere.

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Against the sector

No sector comparison: fewer than four companies in the reference set share ULTA’s industry classification.

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Market ratios

Price-based ratios from market data. Anything drawn from a filed statement is in the enterprise-value section above, with its source.

Valuation and financial-health metrics for Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA)
MetricValue
Price$550.59
PEGY ratio
Dividend yield0.00%
Price / book
Price / sales
Return on equity46.1%
Profit margin
Operating margin
Debt / equity12.84
Current ratio
Beta0.84
52-week range$443.60 – $714.97

Not reported for ULTA: pegy ratio, price / book, price / sales, profit margin, operating margin, current ratio. A dash means the figure was not available from the source, not that it is zero.

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About ULTA’s valuation

What is the PEG ratio for Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA)?
Ulta Beauty, Inc. has a PEG ratio of 9.70, from a P/E of 21.47 and earnings growth of 2.2% a year measured across 3 years of filed accounts. That is above the 2.0 level conventionally read as expensive relative to growth. Note that PEG is conventionally quoted against forecast growth; this uses reported history, so it will differ from a PEG you see elsewhere.
Is ULTA undervalued right now?
That depends on the measure. On PEG, ULTA reads 9.70, above the 2.0 level conventionally read as expensive relative to growth. The PEG ratio compares price to earnings growth alone — it ignores debt, cash generation and asset backing, so it is a starting point rather than a conclusion. The enterprise-value measures above account for debt and cash; they often tell a different story.
What is the PEGY ratio for ULTA?
The PEGY ratio for Ulta Beauty, Inc. is —. PEGY adds the dividend yield of 0.00% to the growth rate in the denominator, which gives a fairer reading of companies returning cash as income rather than growth.
Where do these ULTA figures come from?
Market price and capitalisation come from live market data; earnings, growth and dividend figures come from Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s published financial statements. Every derived ratio on this page shows the arithmetic that produced it.

This page describes published financial data. It is not investment advice and makes no recommendation to buy or sell ULTA.