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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-21-016475"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:06:54.401627+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty Q3 FY2021 EPS $3.94, revenue $2.0B, raises full-year guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $2.0B (+28.6% YoY); comparable sales +25.8% vs -8.9% last year.
- Diluted EPS $3.94 vs $1.32 in Q3 FY2020; net income $215.3M.
- Operating margin 14.2% vs 6.5% a year ago; gross margin improved to 39.6%.
- FY2021 EPS guidance raised to $16.70–$17.10 from $14.50–$14.70; net sales outlook $8.5B–$8.6B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-21-016475
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837021016475/0001558370-21-016475-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837021016475/ulta-20211202x8k.htm

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