ULTA

Ulta Beauty
Other Specialty Retail · Consumer Discretionary · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$527.85
+2.2% on the session
1-year return
+2.1%
-23.4% over six months
Volatility
35.7%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-36.2%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Ulta Beauty is a other specialty retail name in the consumer discretionary sector. Over the past year it returned +2.1%, against +9.6% over three months and +7.8% over one. It sits 4.9% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is genuinely undecided. Annualized volatility of 35.7% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -36.2%, and it has traded a median $320M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.18 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Discretionary#30 of 47
Stronger than 37% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#399 of 500

How ULTA scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 1 others in Other Specialty Retail.

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Full metrics
1 day+2.2%
1 week-0.8%
1 month+7.8%
3 months+9.6%
6 months-23.4%
1 year+2.1%
12-1 momentum-5.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)35.7%
Max drawdown (1y)-36.2%
Distance vs 200-day average-4.9%
Return per unit of risk0.06
Median daily dollar volume$320M
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