---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-009395"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:41:48.305953+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty reports Q1 record results; raises FY2022 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $2.3B (+21% YoY); comparable sales +18.0% driven by 10% transaction growth.
- Net income $331.4M, diluted EPS $6.30 vs $4.10 in prior year quarter.
- Gross margin 40.1% vs 38.9% a year ago; operating margin 18.7% vs 15.8%.
- Updated FY2022 outlook: net sales $9.35-9.55B, EPS $19.20-$20.10; prior $18.20-$18.70.
- Repurchased 331,834 shares for $132.8M in Q1; $1.87B remaining under $2B program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-009395
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022009395/0001558370-22-009395-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022009395/ulta-20220526x8k.htm

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