secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA)
CIK:        0001403568
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-24-016047
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837024016047/0001558370-24-016047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837024016047/ulta-20241205x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-016047

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