ULTA Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own ULTA shares is 1392, representing 93.31% of the company's common stock.

SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in ULTA by -2.02% restricting it's holding to 121.02 thousand shares of worth nearly $63.28M. BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ also lessened -9.37% of the ULTA shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 115.46 thousand shares of worth $62.88M. QUBE RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES LTD also shunned ULTA shares holding by -14.17% last quarter which brought its holding to 112.69 thousand shares worth $58.92M.

As per its latest 13F filing, HSBC HOLDINGS PLC increased its stake in ULTA by 16.03% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 180.39 thousand shares having worth more than $94.32M. HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC also added 6.73% more shares of ULTA to its portfolio, raising its holding to 131.23 thousand shares of worth $68.70M. WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its ULTA shares holding by 1.06% which brought its holding to 117.31 thousand shares worth $61.34M.

The insider with the most stakes in ULTA is HEILBRONN CHARLES , director at the company. Additionally, ULTA stock is highly held by director DiRomualdo Robert F and director Dillon Mary N among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.28% percent of Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which ULTA insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include HALLIGAN CATHERINE ANN, CARO JODI J, and MRKONIC GEORGE R JR.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Ulta Beauty, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Ulta Beauty, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.28% of ULTA stock.

ULTA director, HEILBRONN CHARLES holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. ULTA shares owned by HEILBRONN total nearly 484.22 thousand.

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC is the largest institutional owner in ULTA which holds 180.39 thousand shares worth $94.32M or 0.37% of the total ULTA shares outstanding followed by HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC with ownership of 131.23 thousand shares representing 0.27% of the ULTA ownership. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 121.02 thousand shares or 0.25% of the ownership worth more than $63.28M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the ULTA is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of ULTA shares short is 2.72M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 46.37M shares of ULTA are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, ULTA has 46.28M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for ULTA is 2.74.