ULTA vs. ARHS, CASY, FIVE, BBW, SBH, TGT, TSCO, DKS, SIG, and WINA
Should you be buying Ulta Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ulta Beauty include Arhaus (ARHS), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Five Below (FIVE), Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW), Sally Beauty (SBH), Target (TGT), Tractor Supply (TSCO), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Signet Jewelers (SIG), and Winmark (WINA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ulta Beauty vs. Its Competitors
Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and valuation.
Arhaus has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arhaus currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.88%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus price target of $462.22, indicating a potential downside of 3.24%. Given Arhaus' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arhaus is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.
Ulta Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Arhaus. Ulta Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arhaus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
27.9% of Arhaus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Arhaus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 10.45% compared to Arhaus' net margin of 4.53%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 49.73% beat Arhaus' return on equity.
In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 26 more articles in the media than Arhaus. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 3 mentions for Arhaus. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Arhaus' score of 0.88 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats Arhaus on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:ULTA) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
