ULTA BEAUTY INC ULTA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 90384S303 · ISIN US90384S3031
American chain of beauty stores
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($29.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 47.1m as of 2024-08-26, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $378.10. Options: 41 managers hold calls ($1.1bn notional), 43 hold puts ($1.4bn).
Trends to Q3 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 928 |
| Q4 2022 | 970 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,039 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,031 |
| Q3 2023 | 992 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,049 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,069 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,015 |
| Q3 2024 | 976 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 412 | 454 |
| Q1 2023 | 466 | 465 |
| Q2 2023 | 482 | 532 |
| Q3 2023 | 457 | 503 |
| Q4 2023 | 488 | 493 |
| Q1 2024 | 503 | 488 |
| Q2 2024 | 522 | 525 |
| Q3 2024 | 446 | 529 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $1.5bn | $1.6bn | 1.06 |
| Q1 2024 | $1.1bn | $1.4bn | 1.28 |
| Q2 2024 | $861.3m | $1.0bn | 1.19 |
| Q3 2024 | $1.1bn | $1.4bn | 1.25 |
Biggest buyers
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN BOARD | New | +923.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +858.2k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Added | +335.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +223.1k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +199.7k |
| Atreides Management, LP | New | +187.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +145.4k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP | New | +122.0k |
| KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION/OH | Added | +82.3k |
Biggest sellers
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc | Reduced | -665.9k |
| Boston Partners | Sold out | -517.7k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC | Reduced | -433.6k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC | Reduced | -337.2k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Sold out | -260.6k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Sold out | -243.5k |
| FMR LLC | Sold out | -233.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -211.9k |
| Amundi | Reduced | -174.8k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -170.4k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $350.4m900.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $219.5m564.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $90.2m231.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $72.8m187.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $41.3m106.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $41.2m105.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $32.8m81.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $30.0m77.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $28.9m74.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $24.9m64.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $455.5m1.2m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $242.6m623.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $138.3m355.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $56.6m145.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $56.6m145.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $51.3m131.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $49.5m122.5k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $47.7m122.6k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $35.8m92.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $33.9m87.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-07-17 | 8.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.6% |
| Sanders Capital, LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-04 | 5.7% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $9.4m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.1m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.0m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.1m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $12.9m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $407.2k | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $39.0k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-02 | Halligan Catherine Ann Director | Sold | $39.0k100 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 5.6m $2.2bn | Added +17.9k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.3m $1.7bn | First filing |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.3m $900.0m | Reduced -34.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $635.5m | Added +858.2k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.33% of their portfolio | 1.4m $553.9m | Added +13.1k |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $3.2k | Added +1.2m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $461.1m | Added +10.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $456.3m | Reduced -17.1k |
| ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN BOARD 3.24% of their portfolio | 923.8k $359.5m | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 744.3k $289.6m | Reduced -11.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.10% of their portfolio | 646.3k $251.5m | Added +145.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 634.9k $247.1m | Added +77.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 626.2k $243.7m | Reduced -52.2k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 1.44% of their portfolio | 610.4k $237.5m | Added +31.5k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.21% of their portfolio | 601.5k $243.0m | Reduced -19.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 565.2k $219.9m | Reduced -211.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 557.4k $216.9m | Added +51.5k |
| Alecta Tjanstepension Omsesidigt 1.11% of their portfolio | 516.4k $200.9m | Added +65.0k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 1.02% of their portfolio | 515.9k $200.8m | Reduced -103.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 490.2k $190.7m | Reduced -22.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 454.4k $176.9m | Added +31.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 428.5k $166.7m | Added +3.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 395.6k $153.9m | Reduced -20.9k |
| Amundi 0.05% of their portfolio | 376.2k $137.1m | Reduced -174.8k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 366.7k $142.6m | Added +28.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 354.8k $138.1m | Added +223.1k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.61% of their portfolio | 351.3k $136.7m | Reduced -4.9k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.54% of their portfolio | 346.3k $134.7m | Added +335.9k |
| Swedbank AB 0.16% of their portfolio | 321.6k $125.1m | Added +81.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 318.1k $123.8m | Reduced -22.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.03% of their portfolio | 311.8k $121.3m | Reduced -28.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 307.7k $119.7m | Added +6.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 285.4k $111.0m | Reduced -22.6k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.65% of their portfolio | 245.1k $95.4m | Reduced -1.9k |
| SUMMITRY LLC 3.93% of their portfolio | 211.5k $82.3m | Added +3.3k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.16% of their portfolio | 209.4k $84.0m | Added +18.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 201.0k $78.2m | Added +199.7k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.15% of their portfolio | 189.3k $73.7m | Added +20.6k |
| Atreides Management, LP 2.47% of their portfolio | 187.8k $73.1m | New |
| Rathbones Group PLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 183.6k $71.4m | Added +29.5k |
| Homestead Advisers Corp 1.43% of their portfolio | 154.9k $60.3m | Added +20.1k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 149.4k $58.1m | Added +31.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 148.4k $57.7m | Reduced -2.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 143.0k $55.6m | Added +24.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.04% of their portfolio | 141.6k $55.1m | Reduced -1.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 129.7k $50.5m | Reduced -11.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 127.5k $49.6m | Added +15.3k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.05% of their portfolio | 124.7k $48.5m | Added +12.5k |
| Man Group plc 0.14% of their portfolio | 124.4k $48.4m | Added +69.7k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.91% of their portfolio | 122.0k $47.5m | New |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 0.19% of their portfolio | 119.1k $46.3m | Added +47.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 118.7k $46.2m | Added +69.3k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 116.4k $45.3m | Reduced -10.9k |
| Andra AP-fonden 0.66% of their portfolio | 115.1k $44.8m | Added +10.5k |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 1.16% of their portfolio | 112.6k $43.8m | Reduced -939 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 111.9k $43.5m | Added +1.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 101.4k $39.4m | Reduced -33.4k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 100.6k $39.2m | Reduced -337.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 100.4k $39.1m | Reduced -30.6k |
| Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC 3.98% of their portfolio | 99.5k $38.7m | Added +1.3k |
| AMI ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP 2.08% of their portfolio | 98.9k $38.5m | Reduced -3.2k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.23% of their portfolio | 98.7k $34.4m | Reduced -5.2k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.03% of their portfolio | 96.5k $37.5m | Added +367 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 96.2k $37.4m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.14% of their portfolio | 93.4k $36.4m | Added +9.9k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 93.4k $36.3m | Reduced -4.4k |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.17% of their portfolio | 90.4k $35.2m | Added +77 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 89.8k $35.0m | Reduced -2.3k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 88.8k $35.9m | Reduced -43.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.03% of their portfolio | 85.8k $33.4m | Added +19.2k |
| KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION/OH 0.13% of their portfolio | 85.3k $33.2m | Added +82.3k |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.29% of their portfolio | 85.3k $33.2m | Added +50.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.2k $32.7m | Reduced -15.9k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 81.2k $31.6m | Reduced -11.7k |
| BRIDGES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.43% of their portfolio | 79.7k $31.0m | Added +1.1k |
| National Pension Service 0.03% of their portfolio | 79.6k $31.0m | Reduced -73 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 79.4k $30.9m | Added +5.8k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.05% of their portfolio | 79.2k $30.8m | Reduced -3.8k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 77.8k $30.3m | Added +11.5k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 74.8k $29.1m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.07% of their portfolio | 74.6k $29.0m | Added +6.7k |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 0.94% of their portfolio | 74.5k $29.0m | New |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 74.4k $29.0m | Added +31.9k |
| MAIRS & POWER INC 0.27% of their portfolio | 73.5k $28.6m | Added +490 |
| Magellan Asset Management Ltd 0.28% of their portfolio | 72.7k $28.3m | Reduced -18.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.4k $27.0m | Reduced -20.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 69.0k $26.9m | Reduced -82.2k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 67.5k $26.3m | Added +3.6k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 66.4k $25.8m | Unchanged |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.08% of their portfolio | 66.4k $25.8m | Reduced -1.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 65.5k $25.5m | Added +12.8k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.04% of their portfolio | 63.9k $24.9m | Reduced -1.9k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 63.1k $24.6m | Reduced -5.0k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.61% of their portfolio | 63.1k $23.4m | Added +1.2k |
| Eagle Ridge Investment Management 2.09% of their portfolio | 61.3k $23.9m | Added +608 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.9k $22.5m | Reduced -46.1k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.58% of their portfolio | 56.9k $22.1m | Added +36.8k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 55.2k $21.5m | New |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP 0.16% of their portfolio | 55.2k $21.5m | Reduced -4.6k |
| TODD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 54.8k $21.3m | New |