ULTA vs. TSCO, DKS, FIVE, SIG, WINA, SBH, ODP, HZO, BGFV, and JD
Should you be buying Ulta Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ulta Beauty include Tractor Supply (TSCO), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Winmark (WINA), Sally Beauty (SBH), ODP (ODP), MarineMax (HZO), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and JD.com (JD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ulta Beauty vs.
Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ulta Beauty received 261 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.67% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 68.26% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote.
Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.53%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 51.95% beat Tractor Supply's return on equity.
Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply and Tractor Supply both had 17 articles in the media. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Tractor Supply's score of 0.58 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tractor Supply presently has a consensus price target of $58.01, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus price target of $460.30, indicating a potential upside of 13.65%. Given Ulta Beauty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ulta Beauty is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
Ulta Beauty has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Tractor Supply and Ulta Beauty tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ULTA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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