secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA)
CIK:        0001403568
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-02T20:06:38+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-069464
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ulta Q1 net sales +11.1% to $3.16B, comps +5.3%; FY EPS guidance raised to $28.36-$28.80
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- Diluted EPS $7.74 (+15.5% YoY); operating income $448.3M (+11.6%).
- Gross margin improved to 40.1% from 39.1% on lower shrink and higher merchandise margin.
- Comparable sales +5.3% (avg ticket +3.7%, transactions +1.6%).
- Returned $555M to shareholders via share repurchases in Q1.
- Raised FY2026 diluted EPS guidance to $28.36-$28.80 from $28.05-$28.55; net sales growth outlook unchanged at 6-7%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000110465926069464/0001104659-26-069464-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000110465926069464/ulta-20260602x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-069464

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