Casey's General Stores Inc vs Ulta Beauty Inc

Casey's General Stores Inc (CASY) is overvalued and Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA) is fairly valued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. ULTA is the closer of the two: -2%, against -35% for CASY.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Casey's General Stores Inc (CASY)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $432.79; the price of $584.83 is 35% above that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 76/100 on 9 of 12 signals

Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $541.68; the price of $553.86 is 2% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 67/100 on 9 of 12 signals

MetricCASYULTA
VerdictOvervaluedFairly valued
Price$584.83$553.86
Intrinsic value$432.79$541.68
Margin of safety-35%-2%
Leak Score76/100 (9/12)67/100 (9/12)
Market cap$21.6B$23.7B
Revenue growth, 5 years18.1%15.0%
Operating margin5.9%12.6%
Net margin4.1%9.3%
Return on equity20.0%46.1%
Debt to equity0.710.95
P/E28.2x20.2x
Forward P/E24.9x17.2x
P/B5.3x9.0x
Dividend yield0.5%

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