Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances Inc. (ULTA): Today's Featured Diversified Services Winner
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Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances
(
) pushed the Diversified Services industry higher today making it today's featured diversified services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances rose $1.25 (1.3%) to $95.31 on light volume. Throughout the day, 579,092 shares of Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 913,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $93.34-$95.40 after having opened the day at $94.19 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $94.06. Other companies within the Diversified Services industry that increased today were:
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), up 17.2%,
Daegis
(
DAEG
), up 13.2%,
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), up 12.8% and
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), up 11.1%.
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. operates specialty retail stores in the United States. Its stores offer cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, and skincare products, as well as related accessories and services. Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances has a market cap of $6.1 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 2.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, good cash flow from operations and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.
- You can view the full Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 10.8%,
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), down 10.5%,
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), down 5.5% and
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), down 5.2% , were all laggards within the diversified services industry with
(
) being today's diversified services industry laggard.
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) while those bearish on the diversified services industry could consider
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