Both in Retail Trade

The Kroger vs Ulta Beauty

Over the past year KR returned +4.9% and ULTA returned +23.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.09.

KR +4.9% ULTA +23.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricKRULTA
Price$66.76$640.43
Market cap$39.43B$27.38B
Today+1.26%−1.21%
1 month+12.2%+19.1%
6 months−1.5%+20.4%
Year to date+6.9%+5.9%
1 year+1.1%+26.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.0%+8.9%
Gross margin22.7%39.1%
Net margin1.8%9.3%
P/E (TTM)36.8×22.6×
Price / sales0.3×2.1×
Net cash-$15.32B-$126.1M
Dividend yield2.34%—
Volatility (60d)28.4%34.0%
Short % of float5.2%5.0%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).