Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Competitors

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) and Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, ULTA or MTCH?

Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Match Group has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ULTA or MTCH?

90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Match Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Match Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ULTA or MTCH more profitable?

Match Group has a net margin of 19.03% compared to Ulta Beauty's net margin of 11.52%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 61.64% beat Match Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ulta Beauty	11.52%	61.64%	23.55%
Match Group	19.03%	-433.59%	14.95%

Do analysts prefer ULTA or MTCH?

Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus price target of $522.91, indicating a potential upside of 37.20%. Match Group has a consensus price target of $42.43, indicating a potential upside of 44.55%. Given Match Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Match Group is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ulta Beauty	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Match Group	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ULTA or MTCH?

Ulta Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Match Group. Match Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ulta Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ulta Beauty	$11.21B	1.63	$1.29B	$26.05	14.63
Match Group	$3.44B	2.27	$651.54M	$2.30	12.76

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ULTA or MTCH?

Ulta Beauty received 656 more outperform votes than Match Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.27% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote while only 67.11% of users gave Match Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ulta Beauty	Outperform Votes 1258 69.27%	Underperform Votes 558 30.73%
Match Group	Outperform Votes 602 67.11%	Underperform Votes 295 32.89%

Does the media prefer ULTA or MTCH?

In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 30 more articles in the media than Match Group. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 14 mentions for Match Group. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Match Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ulta Beauty	27 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Match Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ulta Beauty beats Match Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.