Ulta Beauty Inc vs Union Pacific Corporation — how do they compare? Ulta Beauty Inc trades at $488 (market cap $20.98B), while Union Pacific Corporation trades at $295.5 (market cap $175.89B). The key difference: Union Pacific Corporation is far larger — about 8.4× Ulta Beauty Inc's market cap, and Union Pacific Corporation pays a 1.86% dividend while Ulta Beauty Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ULTA | UNP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $20.98B | $175.89B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Industrials |
52-Week High | $706.82 | $301.75 |
52-Week Low | $450.75 | $214.91 |
Enterprise Value | $23.06B | $206.36B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.86% |
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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.
Read more on ULTA →Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific is the largest public railroad in North America. Operating on more than 30,000 miles of track in the western two thirds of the U.S., UP generated roughly $22 billion of revenue in 2021 by hauling coal, industrial products, intermodal containers, agriculture goods, chemicals, and automotive goods. UP owns about one fourth of Mexican railroad Ferromex and derives about 10% of its revenue hauling freight to and from Mexico.
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