It ended the year with Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) selling a large chunk of his recently initiated position in the stock and a continuation of the pressure it's been experiencing the whole year.

Shares of Ulta Beauty Inc. ULTA advanced 1.46% to $413.33 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.21% to 5,937.34 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.16% to 43,153.13.

Shares of Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) were climbing higher last month after the beauty superstore chain posted better-than-expected results in its third-quarter earnings report, showing improvement on the bottom line,

B. Riley raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Ulta Beauty in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 7th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen now anticipates that the specialty retailer will post earnings per share of $24.

Ulta Beauty Inc. closed $170.70 below its 52-week high ($574.76), which the company reached on March 14th.

Future returns remain investors' primary concern. Turning to a familiar retail name, how much wealth has Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) created for shareholders over the last five years? Five years ago, Ulta's stock traded at about $267 a share and closed at over $415 on Jan.

Insights from analysts' 12-month price targets are revealed, presenting an average target of $442.68, a high estimate of $538.00, and a low estimate of $330.00. Surpassing the previous average price target of $415.05, the current average has increased by 6.66%.

One stock that might be an intriguing choice for investors right now is Ulta Beauty, Inc. ULTA. This is because this security in the Retail - Miscellaneous space is seeing solid earnings estimate revision activity,