Ulta plans to buy back up to $150M shares
Ulta's board approves repurchase of up to $150 million shares of its common stock
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) -- Ulta Salon plans to buy back up to $150 million of its common stock, the company said Monday.
The buybacks will be funded from working capital, the company said.
On Thursday Ulta announced that it expects first-quarter earnings of between 60 and 63 cents per share on revenue in a range of $568 million to $577 million. That was far short of the 72 cents per share and revenue of $578.9 million that analysts had been looking for, according to a poll by FactSet.
For the full year, the Bolingbrook, Ill., company expects its earnings per share growth will come in at the low-end of its 25 percent to 30 percent long-term target. It attributed the numbers in its forecast partly to the cost of a number of projects slated for the year. Ulta plans to add more Clinique boutiques, upgrade its warehouse management systems and redesign its online business.
Shares of Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. fell 14 cents to $74 in premarket trading on Monday.
Ulta reported last week that fourth-quarter profits rose nearly 40 percent on strong sales.
