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After exceeding EPS projections for four consecutive quarters, Ulta Beauty awaits Thursday's earnings report.

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Mixed fundamentals and technicals — recent EPS beats and raised guidance are balanced by tough comps, margin headwinds, and fading momentum, leaving the near-term outlook unclear ahead of earnings.

ULTA · Ulta Beauty Inc.

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Ulta presents mixed signals ahead of tonight’s report: the company has a recent streak of EPS beats and raised prior-year EPS guidance, which support a constructive longer-term outlook. Offsetting that are a difficult year-over-year comp comparison, management notes of margin pressure from elevated fuel/transportation costs, and weakening technical momentum below the 200-day average. Given these material positives and negatives and no new earnings result in the source, the net effect is unclear ahead of the print.

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