---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-002905"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T20:39:54.485572+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty Q4 EPS $8.46 beats prior year; FY2025 guidance below expectations

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $3.49B (-1.9% YoY due to 53rd week), comparable sales +1.5%.
- Q4 diluted EPS $8.46 vs $8.08; includes $0.46 benefit from extra week.
- FY2024 EPS $25.34; FY2025 guidance EPS $22.50-$22.90, below prior year.
- FY2025 net sales guidance $11.5B-$11.6B; operating margin 11.7-11.8%.
- Repurchased $249.5M in Q4; $1.0B in FY2024; $2.7B remaining under $3B program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-002905
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1403568/000155837025002905/0001558370-25-002905-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837025002905/ulta-20250313x8k.htm

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