Growth Metrics

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Ulta Beauty filings provide 17 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 35.64% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 206.0% to 35.64% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 11.85%, a 20.0% increase, with the full-year FY2026 number at 11.85%, up 20.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 35.64% in Q1 2026 for Ulta Beauty, up from 2.86% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 37.69% in Q1 2025 to a low of 11.99% in Q4 2024.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 6.73% (2025), compared with a mean of 10.53%.
  • The widest YoY moves for FCF Margin: up 1171bps in 2024, down -1520bps in 2024.
  • Ulta Beauty's FCF Margin stood at 1.76% in 2022, then soared by 82bps to 3.21% in 2023, then plummeted by -473bps to 11.99% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 76bps to 2.86% in 2025, then surged by 1347bps to 35.64% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 35.64% (Q1 2026), 2.86% (Q4 2025), and 1.12% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.