U.S. Movers: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SoFi Technologies, Ulta Beauty

Scott Peters
05 Dec, 2025
New York City

Ulta Beauty soared 5.6% to $564.03 after the beauty salon operator and cosmetic retailer reported better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results. 

Revenue increased 12.9% to $2.9 billion from $2.5 billion, net income decreased to $230.8 million from $242.2 million, and diluted earnings per share was steady at $5.14. 

Comparable sales, which include online sales, increased 6.3% compared to 0.6% from a year ago, driven by a 3.8% rise in average ticket price and a 2.4% increase in transactions.  

During the fiscal third quarter ending on November 1, the beauty retailer repurchased 426,914 shares of its common stock at a cost of $224.7 million.

During the first nine months of fiscal 2025, the company repurchased 1.7 million shares of its common stock at a cost of $693.0 million, and as of November 1, $2.0 billion remained available under the $3.0 billion share repurchase program announced in October 2024.  

The company revised its fiscal 2025 sales guidance to $12.3 billion from the previously estimated range between $12.0 billion and $12.1 billion. The comparable sales estimate was revised higher to between 4.4% and 4.7% from the previous estimated range of 2.5% to 3.5%.

Ulta Beauty revised the higher diluted earnings per share range in fiscal 2025 to between $25.20 and $25.50, from the previous estimate of between $23.85 and $24.30. 

SoFi Technologies dropped 7% to $27.4, and the company announced its plans to raise $1.5 billion through a common stock offering. 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise plunged 9.4% to $20.75 after the cloud computing company's fiscal fourth-quarter results fell short of market expectations. 

Revenue increased 14% to $9.7 billion from $7.8 billion, net income dropped to $146 million from $1.3 billion, and diluted earnings per share fell to 11 cents from 99 cents a year ago. 

The HPE Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend of $0.1425 per share, payable on January 16, 2026, to stockholders of record as of the close of December 19, 2025. 

HPE estimated fiscal 2026 first quarter revenue to be in the range of $9 billion to $9.4 billion, diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $0.09 to $0.13, and adjusted diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $0.57 to $0.61.