Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) investors had plenty of confidence heading into the company’s fourth-quarter report this week. After all, the beauty retailer had beaten its sales guidance in each of the year’s first three quarters while consistently raising its full-year forecast.
On March 9, Ulta Beauty beat expectations again by posting robust sales and earnings growth over the key holiday shopping period.
Here’s how the big-picture results stacked up against the prior year: