Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Ulta Beauty's (ULTA) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 12.23% in Q1 2026, down 257.0% YoY from 7.79% in Q1 2025, and up 12.99% on a QoQ basis from 10.83% in Q4 2025.
Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ulta Beauty (ULTA) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 12.23% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin fell 257.0% year-over-year to 12.23% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 12.37% (down 148.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 12.37%, down 148.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin rose to 12.23% in Q1 2026, from 10.83% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 18.66% in Q2 2022 to a low of 10.83% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 14.31% and a median of 14.11% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin surged 356 bps — and 2024, when it sank 258 bps.
- Tracing ULTA's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 15.47% in 2022, then slipped by 15 bps to 13.15% in 2023, then decreased by 4 bps to 12.59% in 2024, then fell by 14 bps to 10.83% in 2025, then advanced by 13 bps to 12.23% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 12.23% (Q1 2026), 10.83% (Q4 2025), and 12.37% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 14.17% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 12.23% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 10.83% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 12.37% |
| May 3, 2025 | 14.11% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 14.80% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 12.59% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 12.90% |
| May 4, 2024 | 14.71% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 14.55% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 13.15% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 15.48% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 16.78% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 13.87% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 15.47% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 17.04% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 18.66% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 13.76% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 14.24% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 16.89% |