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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-003282"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T23:53:54.025014+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty Q4 net sales $2.7B (+24.1% YoY), EPS $5.41; announces $2B buyback

## Summary
- Q4 net sales increased 24.1% to $2.73B; comparable sales up 21.4% (vs -4.8% year ago).
- Q4 diluted EPS $5.41; full year EPS $17.98 (vs $3.11 in FY2020).
- FY2022 guidance: net sales $9.05-9.15B, EPS $18.20-18.70, comparable sales +3-4%.
- Board approved new $2.0B share repurchase authorization, replacing prior program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-003282
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022003282/0001558370-22-003282-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022003282/ulta-20220310x8k.htm

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