Ross Stores, Inc. vs Ulta Beauty Inc — how do they compare? Ross Stores, Inc. trades at $235.9 (market cap $75.63B), while Ulta Beauty Inc trades at $488 (market cap $20.98B). The key difference: Ross Stores, Inc. is far larger — about 3.6× Ulta Beauty Inc's market cap, and Ross Stores, Inc. pays a 0.75% dividend while Ulta Beauty Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ROST | ULTA | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $75.63B | $20.98B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $240.13 | $706.82 |
52-Week Low | $134.02 | $450.75 |
Enterprise Value | $76.23B | $23.06B |
Dividend Yield | 0.75% | — |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Ross Stores is a leading American off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, operating over 1,920 stores (at the end of fiscal 2021) across the Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts banners. Ross offers a variety of name-brand products and targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-70%. The company uses an opportunistic, flexible merchandising approach
Read more on ROST →With more than 1,300 stores and a partnership with Target, Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the U.S. The firm offers makeup (43% of 2021 sales), fragrances, skin care, and hair care products (20% of 2021 sales), and bath and body items. Ulta offers private-label products and merchandise from more than 500 vendors. It also offers salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow services, in all stores. Most Ulta stores are approximately 10,000 square feet and are in suburban strip centers. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
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