Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Change in Inventory (2010 - 2026)

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) posted Change in Inventory of -$566.9 million for Q1 2026, down 268.42% on a QoQ basis from $336.6 million in Q4 2025, and down 42.8% year-over-year from -$991.0 million in Q1 2025.

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Change in Inventory (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ulta Beauty's Change in Inventory history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$566.9 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 42.8% year-over-year to -$566.9 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $135.8 million (down 39.93% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $135.8 million, down 39.93% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was -$566.9 million for Q1 2026 at Ulta Beauty, down from $336.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $505.8 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$579.2 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $11.0 million and a median of $95.6 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Change in Inventory slumped 61.51% — and 2025, when it soared 130.67%.
  • Ulta Beauty's Change in Inventory stood at $448.5 million in 2022, then rose by 12.76% to $505.8 million in 2023, then slipped by 27.46% to $366.9 million in 2024, then dropped by 8.26% to $336.6 million in 2025, then slumped by 268.42% to -$566.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ULTA's Change in Inventory at -$566.9 million in Q1 2026, $336.6 million in Q4 2025, and $212.8 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 32.35 Bn 31.83 Bn 1.08 Bn 115.02 Mn
2 NaaS Technology 30.76 Bn 30.76 Bn - -
3 Williams Sonoma 28.07 Bn 27.05 Bn 1.10 Bn -70.19 Mn
4 Ulta Beauty 22.98 Bn 22.49 Bn 1.48 Bn -566.88 Mn
5 Best Buy 18.17 Bn 16.42 Bn 2.10 Bn 367.00 Mn
6 Dick'S Sporting Goods 16.47 Bn 15.12 Bn 1.77 Bn -752.33 Mn
7 Tractor Supply 15.98 Bn 15.76 Bn 1.30 Bn 499.52 Mn
8 MINISO Group Holding 15.79 Bn 14.72 Bn 414.86 Mn -
9 Five Below 11.82 Bn 10.89 Bn 696.98 Mn -265.65 Mn
10 Murphy USA 11.28 Bn 11.16 Bn -3.64 Bn -

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 -566.88 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 -566.88 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 336.59 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 336.59 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 212.79 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 212.79 Mn
May 3, 2025 153.31 Mn
May 3, 2025 153.31 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -396.97 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -396.97 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 366.90 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 366.90 Mn
Aug 3, 2024 92.25 Mn
Aug 3, 2024 92.25 Mn
May 4, 2024 163.90 Mn
May 4, 2024 163.90 Mn
Feb 3, 2024 -579.17 Mn
Feb 3, 2024 -579.17 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 505.77 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 505.77 Mn