Ulta Beauty ( NASDAQ:ULTA – Get Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 28th. The specialty retailer reported $5.78 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.03 by $0.75. The company had revenue of $2.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.66 billion. Ulta Beauty had a net margin of 10.31% and a return on equity of 48.78%. Ulta Beauty's revenue was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $5.30 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts forecast that Ulta Beauty Inc. will post 23.96 EPS for the current year.