Liquidity ratios measure the company ability to meet its short-term obligations.
Liquidity Ratios (Summary)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-04-29).
Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
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Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Ulta Beauty Inc. current ratio improved from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024. |
Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Ulta Beauty Inc. quick ratio deteriorated from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024. |
Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Ulta Beauty Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024. |
Current Ratio
Jul 29, 2023 | Apr 29, 2023 | Jan 28, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 | Jul 30, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 29, 2022 | Oct 30, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | May 1, 2021 | Jan 30, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Aug 1, 2020 | May 2, 2020 | Feb 1, 2020 | Nov 2, 2019 | Aug 3, 2019 | May 4, 2019 | Feb 2, 2019 | Nov 3, 2018 | Aug 4, 2018 | May 5, 2018 | Feb 3, 2018 | Oct 28, 2017 | Jul 29, 2017 | Apr 29, 2017 | |||||||||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current assets | 2,519,248) | 2,685,980) | 2,709,304) | 2,745,815) | 2,442,913) | 2,531,867) | 2,281,183) | 2,833,693) | 2,494,934) | 2,563,756) | 2,514,777) | 2,245,009) | 2,799,188) | 2,728,820) | 2,055,317) | 2,097,468) | 1,920,600) | 2,019,332) | 1,914,861) | 2,025,973) | 1,830,158) | 1,802,699) | 1,693,743) | 1,646,288) | 1,592,494) | 1,672,972) | ||||||||
Current liabilities | 1,491,174) | 1,633,900) | 1,681,775) | 1,697,771) | 1,502,054) | 1,599,747) | 1,558,010) | 1,624,116) | 1,381,533) | 1,522,763) | 1,343,713) | 1,230,343) | 1,061,329) | 1,096,179) | 1,137,261) | 1,256,920) | 1,064,934) | 1,045,605) | 823,736) | 984,083) | 758,755) | 745,092) | 642,166) | 714,712) | 570,277) | 584,252) | ||||||||
Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ratio1 | 1.69 | 1.64 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 1.63 | 1.58 | 1.46 | 1.74 | 1.81 | 1.68 | 1.87 | 1.82 | 2.64 | 2.49 | 1.81 | 1.67 | 1.80 | 1.93 | 2.32 | 2.06 | 2.41 | 2.42 | 2.64 | 2.30 | 2.79 | 2.86 | ||||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc. | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 1.14 | 1.12 | 1.20 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.18 | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.09 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Home Depot Inc. | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.41 | 1.39 | 1.18 | 1.11 | 1.01 | 1.13 | 1.06 | 1.10 | 1.23 | 1.36 | 1.30 | 1.17 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 1.11 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.17 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. | 1.26 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.11 | 1.17 | 1.02 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.19 | 1.38 | 1.30 | 1.20 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 1.02 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
TJX Cos. Inc. | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.21 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.25 | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.33 | 1.52 | 1.46 | 1.41 | 1.51 | 2.20 | 1.24 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 1.23 | 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.64 | 1.69 | — | — | — | — |
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-04-29).
1 Q2 2024 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 2,519,248 ÷ 1,491,174 = 1.69
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
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Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Ulta Beauty Inc. current ratio improved from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024. |
Quick Ratio
Jul 29, 2023 | Apr 29, 2023 | Jan 28, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 | Jul 30, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 29, 2022 | Oct 30, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | May 1, 2021 | Jan 30, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Aug 1, 2020 | May 2, 2020 | Feb 1, 2020 | Nov 2, 2019 | Aug 3, 2019 | May 4, 2019 | Feb 2, 2019 | Nov 3, 2018 | Aug 4, 2018 | May 5, 2018 | Feb 3, 2018 | Oct 28, 2017 | Jul 29, 2017 | Apr 29, 2017 | |||||||||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 388,627) | 636,449) | 737,877) | 250,628) | 434,226) | 654,486) | 431,560) | 605,053) | 770,144) | 947,456) | 1,046,051) | 560,902) | 1,157,318) | 1,043,540) | 392,325) | 208,843) | 177,398) | 326,831) | 409,251) | 296,944) | 237,107) | 231,886) | 277,445) | 46,787) | 92,860) | 321,725) | ||||||||
Short-term investments | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | 110,000) | 110,000) | —) | 150,000) | 195,000) | —) | —) | 149,000) | 237,193) | 120,000) | 60,000) | 180,000) | 150,000) | ||||||||
Receivables, net | 174,444) | 190,282) | 199,422) | 200,304) | 180,514) | 192,754) | 233,682) | 169,212) | 154,416) | 154,342) | 193,109) | 136,271) | 127,992) | 88,691) | 139,337) | 112,888) | 107,263) | 110,046) | 136,168) | 102,353) | 103,666) | 100,274) | 99,719) | 82,934) | 67,593) | 62,936) | ||||||||
Total quick assets | 563,071) | 826,731) | 937,299) | 450,932) | 614,740) | 847,240) | 665,242) | 774,265) | 924,560) | 1,101,798) | 1,239,160) | 697,173) | 1,285,310) | 1,242,231) | 641,662) | 321,731) | 434,661) | 631,877) | 545,419) | 399,297) | 489,773) | 569,353) | 497,164) | 189,721) | 340,453) | 534,661) | ||||||||
Current liabilities | 1,491,174) | 1,633,900) | 1,681,775) | 1,697,771) | 1,502,054) | 1,599,747) | 1,558,010) | 1,624,116) | 1,381,533) | 1,522,763) | 1,343,713) | 1,230,343) | 1,061,329) | 1,096,179) | 1,137,261) | 1,256,920) | 1,064,934) | 1,045,605) | 823,736) | 984,083) | 758,755) | 745,092) | 642,166) | 714,712) | 570,277) | 584,252) | ||||||||
Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quick ratio1 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.53 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.92 | 0.57 | 1.21 | 1.13 | 0.56 | 0.26 | 0.41 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.27 | 0.60 | 0.92 | ||||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quick Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc. | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.76 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.58 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Home Depot Inc. | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.48 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.33 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.34 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.11 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
TJX Cos. Inc. | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.77 | 0.95 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.70 | — | — | — | — |
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-04-29).
1 Q2 2024 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 563,071 ÷ 1,491,174 = 0.38
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
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Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Ulta Beauty Inc. quick ratio deteriorated from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024. |
Cash Ratio
Jul 29, 2023 | Apr 29, 2023 | Jan 28, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 | Jul 30, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 29, 2022 | Oct 30, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | May 1, 2021 | Jan 30, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Aug 1, 2020 | May 2, 2020 | Feb 1, 2020 | Nov 2, 2019 | Aug 3, 2019 | May 4, 2019 | Feb 2, 2019 | Nov 3, 2018 | Aug 4, 2018 | May 5, 2018 | Feb 3, 2018 | Oct 28, 2017 | Jul 29, 2017 | Apr 29, 2017 | |||||||||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 388,627) | 636,449) | 737,877) | 250,628) | 434,226) | 654,486) | 431,560) | 605,053) | 770,144) | 947,456) | 1,046,051) | 560,902) | 1,157,318) | 1,043,540) | 392,325) | 208,843) | 177,398) | 326,831) | 409,251) | 296,944) | 237,107) | 231,886) | 277,445) | 46,787) | 92,860) | 321,725) | ||||||||
Short-term investments | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | 110,000) | 110,000) | —) | 150,000) | 195,000) | —) | —) | 149,000) | 237,193) | 120,000) | 60,000) | 180,000) | 150,000) | ||||||||
Total cash assets | 388,627) | 636,449) | 737,877) | 250,628) | 434,226) | 654,486) | 431,560) | 605,053) | 770,144) | 947,456) | 1,046,051) | 560,902) | 1,157,318) | 1,153,540) | 502,325) | 208,843) | 327,398) | 521,831) | 409,251) | 296,944) | 386,107) | 469,079) | 397,445) | 106,787) | 272,860) | 471,725) | ||||||||
Current liabilities | 1,491,174) | 1,633,900) | 1,681,775) | 1,697,771) | 1,502,054) | 1,599,747) | 1,558,010) | 1,624,116) | 1,381,533) | 1,522,763) | 1,343,713) | 1,230,343) | 1,061,329) | 1,096,179) | 1,137,261) | 1,256,920) | 1,064,934) | 1,045,605) | 823,736) | 984,083) | 758,755) | 745,092) | 642,166) | 714,712) | 570,277) | 584,252) | ||||||||
Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash ratio1 | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.78 | 0.46 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 0.44 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.15 | 0.48 | 0.81 | ||||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc. | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.76 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.58 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Home Depot Inc. | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.20 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.34 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.11 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
TJX Cos. Inc. | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.71 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.45 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.63 | — | — | — | — |
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-04-29).
1 Q2 2024 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 388,627 ÷ 1,491,174 = 0.26
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
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Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Ulta Beauty Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024. |