Simple ideas can produce market-beating stocks too, including cosmetics retailer Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA). Ulta Beauty is a U.S. cosmetics retailer with 1,437 stores as of the end of its fiscal third quarter of 2024.

2024 wasn't a great year for Ulta Beauty ( ULTA -2.01%). It ended the year with Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) selling a large chunk of his recently initiated position in the stock and a continuation of the pressure it's been experiencing the whole year. Ulta stock fell 11% in a year when the S&P 500 gained 25%.

CEO Dave Kimbell is stepping down effective immediately, Ulta said Monday, and will stay on as an advisor through June 28.

Shares of Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) were climbing higher last month after the beauty superstore chain posted better-than-expected results in its third-quarter earnings report, showing improvement on the bottom line,

Ulta Beauty Inc. closed $170.70 below its 52-week high ($574.76), which the company reached on March 14th.

Insights from analysts' 12-month price targets are revealed, presenting an average target of $442.68, a high estimate of $538.00, and a low estimate of $330.00. Surpassing the previous average price target of $415.05, the current average has increased by 6.66%.

Future returns remain investors' primary concern. Turning to a familiar retail name, how much wealth has Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) created for shareholders over the last five years? Five years ago, Ulta's stock traded at about $267 a share and closed at over $415 on Jan.

Shares of Ulta Beauty Inc. ULTA advanced 1.46% to $413.33 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.21% to 5,937.34 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.

One stock that might be an intriguing choice for investors right now is Ulta Beauty, Inc. ULTA. This is because this security in the Retail - Miscellaneous space is seeing solid earnings estimate revision activity,