---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-013980"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:17:44.120959+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty Q2 EPS $5.70 beats, comp +14.4%, raises FY outlook to $20.70-$21.20 EPS

## Summary
- Net sales $2.30B (+16.8% YoY); comparable sales +14.4% driven by 8.3% transaction growth.
- EPS $5.70 vs $4.56 last year (+25%); net income $295.7M (+17.8%).
- Raised FY2022 EPS guidance to $20.70–$21.20 (prior $19.20–$20.10); net sales $9.65B–$9.75B.
- Repurchased 1.1M shares for $434.4M YTD; $1.6B remaining under $2.0B buyback program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-013980
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-25T23:59:59+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/1403568/000155837022013980/0001558370-22-013980-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022013980/ulta-20220825x8k.htm

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