Tractor Supply vs Ulta Beauty
Tractor Supply reported revenue of $15.5 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.3 times Ulta Beauty's $12.4 billion in fiscal 2025. Tractor Supply's revenue grew 4.3% in its latest year, and Ulta Beauty's grew 9.7%. Tractor Supply had an operating margin of 9.4%, against 12.4% at Ulta Beauty. Free cash flow was $740 million at Tractor Supply and $1.1 billion at Ulta Beauty. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 27 and January 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Tractor Supply | Ulta Beauty | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 27, 2025 | FY2025, Jan 31, 2026 |
| Revenue | $15.5B | $12.4B |
| Revenue growth | 4.3% | 9.7% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 7.9% | 15.0% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 39.1% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 12.4% |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 9.3% |
| Free cash flow | $740M | $1.1B |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.8% | 8.6% |
| Return on capital | 28.5% | 55.8% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.8x | −0.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $849M | $901M |
| Change in diluted share count | −1.4% | −5.1% |
| Last close | $32.53 | $625.33 |
| P/E at the last close | 16.9× | 22.8× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $652,394, sold $12.0 million | sold $1.8 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Tractor Supply and Ulta Beauty pages.