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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-21-012063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T07:49:51.054345+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty reports record Q2; net sales $2.0B, comps +56.3%, raises FY2021 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $2.0B (+60.2% YoY); comparable sales +56.3% vs -26.7% YoY.
- GAAP diluted EPS $4.56 vs $0.14 YoY; net income $250.9M vs $8.1M.
- Fiscal 2021 outlook raised: net sales $8.1-8.3B (prior $7.7-7.8B), EPS $14.50-14.70 (prior $11.50-11.95).
- Repurchased 746,367 shares for $243.5M in Q2; $886.2M remaining under $1.6B program.
- Gross margin improved to 40.6% from 26.8%; 7 new stores opened; total 1,296 stores.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-21-012063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837021012063/0001558370-21-012063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837021012063/ulta-20210825x8k.htm

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