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$ULTA (+2,26 %)

• Revenue: USD 2.85 billion (estimated USD 2.79 billion) ✅ +4.5% year-on-year
• Earnings per share: USD 6.70 (estimated USD 5.75) ✅
• Comparable sales: +2.9 % (compared to +1.6 % year-on-year)
• Gross margin: 39.1 % (compared to 39.2 % in the previous year)
• Inventory: USD 2.1 billion (+11.3% year-on-year)

Guidelines for the 2025 financial year:

• Sales: USD 11.5-11.7 bn (previously: USD 11.5-11.6 bn | estimate USD 11.58 bn)
• Earnings per share: USD 22.65-23.20 (previously: USD 22.50-22.90 | estimate USD 24.07)
• Comparable sales: 0 % to +1.5 % (previously: 0 % to +1 %)
• Operating margin: 11.7-11.8% (no change)
• Share buybacks: ~USD 900m (no change)
• New stores: ~60 | Conversions/relocations: 40-45
• Capital expenditure: USD 425-500m
• Tax rate: ~24.5
• Depreciation/amortization: USD 290-300m

Other key figures for the first quarter:

• Operating profit margin: 14.1 % (compared to 14.7 % in the previous year)
• Net income: USD 305.1 million (compared to USD 313.1 million in the previous year)
• Selling and administrative expenses: USD 710.6 million (increase of 6.7% compared to the previous year)
• Store space: 6 new stores opened; now 1,451 in total
• Share buybacks: USD 358.7 million repurchased in the 1st quarter
• Cash and cash equivalents: USD 454.6 million

Management:

• CEO: "The start to the 2025 financial year is encouraging thanks to the success of our Ulta Beauty Unleashed program. However, the outlook reflects the uncertainty regarding consumer demand. We remain focused and flexible."

$ELF (+8,16 %)
$EL (+4,05 %)
$OR (+1,4 %)

Hermes $RMS (+2,57 %) (very expensive 🤑 )

Ferrari $RACE (+0,17 %)

Lululemon $LULU (+1,25 %)

Just do it $NKE (-0,78 %) (supposedly cheap at the moment, please do not reach into the falling knife)

Booking $BKNG (-1,27 %)

Marriott $MAR (+1,37 %)

Ulta Beaty $ULTA (+2,26 %) and/or L'Oreal $OR (+1,4 %) (much more expensive)

Mercadolibre $MELI (+0,3 %)

Texas Roadhouse $TXRH (+0,2 %)

Chipotle $CMG (+0,19 %)

Fast Retailing $9983 (+0,75 %)
(doesn't fit with the others on the list but I could imagine it as a speculative stock)

"Everything" very expensive, luxury.

I would be interested to know what your favorites are for a long-term investment?

A number of important earnings releases are scheduled for the coming week. The focus will be on:

📌 Adobe ($ADBE (+0,06 %) )

📌 Oracle ($ORCL (-0,25 %) )

📌 DocuSign ($DOCU (+2,89 %) )

📌 D-Wave Quantum ($QBTS (-1,1 %) )

📌 ZIM Integrated Shipping ($ZIM (-1,61 %) )

📌 ULTA Beauty ($ULTA (+2,26 %))

📌 Kohl's ($KSS (+21,93 %) )

📌 Dollar General ($DG (+1,29 %))

📌 UiPath ($PATH (+2,58 %) )

📌 SentinelOne ($S (+3 %))

Which of these companies are you following with particular interest? Do you have positions in any of these stocks?

🔗 Source: Earnings Whispers

$ELF (+8,16 %)

Short interest still at 12%

$ULTA (+2,26 %)
$OR (+1,4 %)
$EL (+4,05 %)
$MC (+2,3 %)

$ELF (+8,16 %) - Because it also reflects my opinion ✌️

Goldman Sachs with buy recommendation for $ELF (+8,16 %) Target price USD 165; "One of the fastest growing and most disruptive players in the beauty space"

"We view ELF as one of the fastest growing and most disruptive players in the beauty space. The company's continued market share gains and growth momentum stand in sharp contrast to the slowing trends in the beauty category, particularly among mass retailers such as $TGT (+1,6 %) , $WMT (-0,19 %) and $ULTA (+2,26 %)

As such, we expect the company to continue to deliver healthy sales growth driven by a disciplined, disruptive innovation strategy and breakthrough marketing techniques that resonate well with core Generation Z consumers. We see further upside internationally and believe the importance of this opportunity is underestimated. Our analysis suggests that one point of market share gain in the seven focus markets of $ELF (+8,16 %) could increase ELF's sales growth by 4 percentage points.

In addition, we expect ELF's steady increase in EBITDA margin to translate into an EBITDA CAGR of over 20% (FY24-28), which should comfortably support EPS growth in the low to mid-20s. Finally, we believe that the current valuation of $ELF (+8,16 %) is attractive given its strong fundamentals, which should lead to a further re-rating from current levels."

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