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  "id": 3927577,
  "title": "Ulta Beauty beats Q2 estimates as sales rise, but shares slip",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ulta-beauty-beats-q2-estimates-as-sales-rise-but-shares-slip",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T08:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/earnings/ulta-beauty-beats-estimates-as-sales-rise-shares-gain-4880124"
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  "summary": "Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) exceeded analyst expectations in the second quarter, with adjusted earnings per share of $6.55 surpassing the consensus of $6.17. Revenue grew 8.9% to $3.04 billion, outpacing the $2.98 billion estimate. Comparable sales rose 3.8%, though this was a decline from 6.7% growth in the same quarter last year. Despite an initial rise in shares during extended trading, they fell more than 3% in premarket trading. Ulta Beauty's CEO, Kecia Steelman, attributed the strong performance to disciplined execution of the Ulta Beauty Unleashed strategy. The company raised its full-year guidance, projecting earnings per share of $28.70 to $29.00, up from $28.36 to $28.80.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Ulta Beauty is raising its full-year forecast after beating second-quarter earnings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ulta-beauty-is-raising-its-full-year-forecast-after-beating-second",
        "published": "2026-08-28T12:04:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "UBS lowers Ulta Beauty stock price target on margin pressures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ubs-lowers-ulta-beauty-stock-price-target-on-margin-pressures",
        "published": "2026-08-28T12:14:51.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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