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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-008242"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T05:39:22.076295+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty Q1: EPS $6.70, sales +4.5%, comp +2.9%; raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $2.85B (+4.5% YoY); comparable sales +2.9% vs +1.6% last year.
- Diluted EPS $6.70 vs $6.47; net income $305.1M vs $313.1M.
- FY25 EPS guidance raised to $22.65-$23.20 from $22.50-$22.90; sales raised to $11.5-$11.7B.
- Repurchased 986,733 shares for $358.7M in Q1; $2.3B remains under $3B program.
- Gross margin 39.1% (-10bps); SG&A expense ratio 24.9% (+50bps) on store payroll deleverage.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-008242
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-29T23:59:59+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/1403568/000155837025008242/0001558370-25-008242-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837025008242/ulta-20250529x8k.htm

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