Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ULTA or TSCO?

Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ULTA or TSCO?

Ulta Beauty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tractor Supply. Ulta Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tractor Supply, 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	$11.30B	1.44	$1.29B	$25.37	13.82
Tractor Supply	$14.88B	1.88	$1.10B	$2.04	25.72

Is ULTA or TSCO more profitable?

Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.40%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 51.95% beat Tractor Supply's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ulta Beauty	10.58%	51.95%	20.88%
Tractor Supply	7.40%	49.01%	11.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ULTA or TSCO?

Ulta Beauty received 263 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.73% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 68.09% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ulta Beauty	Outperform Votes 1304 68.09%	Underperform Votes 611 31.91%
Tractor Supply	Outperform Votes 1041 69.73%	Underperform Votes 452 30.27%

Does the media refer more to ULTA or TSCO?

In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 14 more articles in the media than Tractor Supply. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 43 mentions for Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Ulta Beauty's score of 1.25 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ulta Beauty	41 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tractor Supply	38 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ULTA or TSCO?

90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ULTA or TSCO?

Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus price target of $427.13, indicating a potential upside of 21.84%. Tractor Supply has a consensus price target of $59.22, indicating a potential upside of 12.89%. Given Ulta Beauty's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ulta Beauty is more favorable than Tractor Supply.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ulta Beauty	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Tractor Supply	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Summary

Ulta Beauty beats Tractor Supply on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.