---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-016047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T07:11:25.641866+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty Q3 net sales $2.53B (+1.7%), comps +0.6%, EPS $5.14; raises FY24 EPS guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $2.53B vs $2.49B YoY; comparable sales +0.6% (prior +4.5%).
- Net income $242.2M ($5.14 diluted EPS) vs $249.5M ($5.07).
- Operating margin 12.6% vs 13.1%; SG&A deleverage partially offset by inventory shrink improvement.
- FY24 EPS guidance raised to $23.20-$23.75 (from $22.60-$23.50); net sales narrowed to $11.1-$11.2B.
- Repurchased 731k shares for $267M in Q3; $2.9B remaining under $3.0B buyback program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-016047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837024016047/0001558370-24-016047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837024016047/ulta-20241205x8k.htm

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