WW vs ULTA vs DRVN Stock Comparison

Ww International, Ulta Beauty and Driven Brands Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WW Ww International, Inc.
$13.70 -4.5% 1M -58.4% 1Y
Market cap
$141.72M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Personal Services Consumer Discretionary
ULTA Ulta Beauty, Inc.
$626.88 +15.0% 1M +19.9% 1Y
Market cap
$26.59B
P/E
22.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.96B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
9 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ulta Beauty leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Ulta Beauty 9, Driven Brands Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWWULTADRVNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $141.72M $26.59B $1.95B ULTA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 22.0x 11.8x DRVN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 22.4x 10.1x DRVN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +11.2% +7.6% ULTA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 9.3% 8.6% ULTA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 42.9% 10.8% ULTA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.1x 3.8x ULTA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -58.4% +19.9% -23.8% ULTA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +11.1%/yr -17.6%/yr ULTA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 94.9% 35.6% 55.7% ULTA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 66/100 49/100 ULTA

Percentile Scorecard

WWULTADRVN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWWULTADRVN
Valuation – 21 #82 of 104 59 #14 of 33
Growth – 58 #42 of 99 62 #12 of 30
Profitability – 97 #4 of 98 57 #13 of 29
Financial Health 40 #24 of 39 64 #41 of 112 16 #33 of 39
Shareholder Returns – 89 #9 of 72 –
Overall – 66 49
  • WW ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • ULTA ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • DRVN ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWWULTADRVNSPY
1 month -4.5%+15.0%-5.7% -0.2%
3 months -0.4%+25.0%-22.4% +3.9%
6 months +39.8%+16.5%-7.6% +8.2%
Year to date -53.1%+3.6%-21.7% +12.9%
1 year -58.4%+19.9%-23.8% +12.3%
3 years —+65.0%+5.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year —+18.2%+1.8% +23.3%
5 years —+69.2%-62.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+11.1%-17.6% +10.9%
10 years —+161.4%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+10.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureWWULTADRVNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 94.9%35.6%55.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 98.6%36.0%63.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.590.510.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.620.56-0.43 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -79.7%-44.6%-70.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -60.8%-11.3%-32.1% -1.2%
52-week high $34.92$706.82$17.09 $779.14
52-week low $9.12$450.75$10.30 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWWULTADRVN
P/E now vs peer median —median 15.2x 22.3xmedian 16.7x 11.6xmedian 15.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.3x 2.1xmedian 0.5x 1.0xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.8x 13.9xmedian 9.0x 8.7xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.5x 23.3xmedian 16.5x 14.3xmedian 14.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 2.0x 10.1xmedian 1.7x 2.3xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.35 6.31median 0.72 1.47median 0.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWWULTADRVN
Revenue – $12.96B $1.93B
Gross profit – $5.09B –
Operating income – $1.61B $269.79M
Net income – $1.21B $165.27M
Free cash flow – $1.15B $133.78M
EPS (diluted) – $28.10 $1.00
Cash & equivalents $160.28M $158.45M $183.95M
Total debt $465.47M $339.58M $1.69B
Shares (diluted) 9.99M 43.06M 164.94M
Enterprise value -$565.64M $25.46B $1.42B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWWULTADRVN
P/E – 22.3x 11.6x
P/FCF – 23.3x 14.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.1x 6.1x
P/S – 2.1x 1.0x
P/B 0.4x 10.1x 2.3x
P/Tangible book -0.8x 11.0x 8.4x
EV/EBITDA – 13.9x 8.7x
EV/EBIT – 16.7x 12.7x
EV/Revenue – 2.1x 1.8x
EV/FCF – 23.5x 25.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 17.2x 10.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 6.31 1.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWWULTADRVN
Revenue growth (1Y) – 11.2% 7.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.5% -4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 12.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 6.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 2.1% 62.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -0.6% -7.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – 0.7% 163.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -1.4% 7.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – 5.5% 163.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 3.5% 7.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 20.9% 6.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.6% 9.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 20.7% 276.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 5.7% 33.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWWULTADRVN
Gross margin – 39.3% –
EBITDA margin – 14.9% 20.4%
Operating margin – 12.5% 14.0%
Pretax margin – 12.4% 8.3%
Net margin – 9.3% 8.6%
FCF margin – 8.9% 6.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 12.1% 16.2%
Return on equity – 46.6% 20.6%
Return on assets – 17.6% 4.8%
Return on invested capital – 42.9% 10.8%
Return on capital employed – 34.7% 8.6%
Asset turnover – 1.9x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWWULTADRVN
Debt / assets 49.2% 4.9% 47.6%
Debt / equity 1.5x 0.1x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.1x 3.8x
Debt / FCF – 0.3x 12.6x
Liabilities / assets 66.4% 62.0% 76.5%
Equity / assets 33.6% 38.0% 23.5%
Interest coverage – – 2.8x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.3x 1.5x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.2x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.3x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 6.80 0.94

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWWULTADRVN
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 4.5% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 4.5% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWWULTADRVN
Forward P/E – 22.4xFY2026 10.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.38FY2026 $27.98FY2026 $1.15FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +9.1%FY2026 -5.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +20.3% +30.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $656.64MFY2026 $13.00BFY2026 $1.93BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.6%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026 +3.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.3% +13.0% +18.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWWULTADRVN
Held by institutions 77.9% 97.9% 43.3%
Institutions holding 78 1,016 193
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.1% +0.5% -8.5%
Institutions buying 35 434 111
Institutions selling 17 433 51
Buyers to sellers 2.06 1.00 2.18

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

WWULTADRVN
WW 1.00 0.17 0.02
ULTA 0.17 1.00 0.13
DRVN 0.02 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WW, ULTA and DRVN?

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ww International (WW) $141.72M, Ulta Beauty (ULTA) $26.59B, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) $1.95B.

Which stock is cheaper, WW, ULTA and DRVN?

Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ulta Beauty (ULTA) 22.0x, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 11.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) is cheapest (Ulta Beauty (ULTA) 22.4x, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 10.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ulta Beauty (ULTA) +11.2%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) +7.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) has the highest net margin (Ulta Beauty (ULTA) 9.3%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 8.6%). On return on invested capital, Ulta Beauty (ULTA) leads (Ulta Beauty (ULTA) 42.9%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 10.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ulta Beauty (ULTA) returned the most: Ww International (WW) -58.4%, Ulta Beauty (ULTA) +19.9%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) -23.8%. Over five years, Ulta Beauty (ULTA) compounded fastest (Ulta Beauty (ULTA) +11.1%/yr, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) -17.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ulta Beauty (ULTA) has been the steadiest (Ww International (WW) 94.9%, Ulta Beauty (ULTA) 35.6%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 55.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WW, ULTA and DRVN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ulta Beauty (ULTA) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.