The market hasn't been too happy with Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) stock recently. The beauty megachain's shares are down 32% over the past year, seriously underperforming the S&P 500. As if ...

In a perfect world, we'd like to see a company investing more capital into its business and ideally the returns earned from that capital are also increasing. Put simply, these types of businesses are ...

In my opinion, much of Ulta Beauty's profits will be returned to shareholders. The company doesn't pay a dividend, which means that it will continue doing stock buybacks as it has in the past.

Ulta has a differentiated model that draws loyal customers who keep spending. It's stumbling from a combination of factors including inflation and increased competition. Ulta stock trades at a ...