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Universal Technical Institute, Inc.

$UTI·$1.1B·Education & Training Services·Consumer Defensive
$18.47-9.0%YTD-29.0%1Y-43.7%
Price updated 12h ago·X counts updated 1d ago
UTUTI
$UTIUniversal Technical Institute, Inc.
$18.47-9.01%18 posts
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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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Broken storySelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-09-29

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

Universal Technical Institute is down 29% year-to-date and 44% over twelve months — at the absolute low of its 52-week range with the operational-mistakes narrative in play.

Universal Technical Institute is a $1.1B-cap for-profit skilled-trades education company whose earnings power has been overshadowed by operational execution issues.

  • Down 29% year to date and 44% over the last twelve months, at 0.03% of its 52-week range, 31% below the 50-day and 44% below the 200-day moving average — the tape is decisively broken.
  • Fiscal Q3 revenue $219M grew 7% year over year at 100% gross margin (education accounting) and 1.5% operating margin, EPS $0.04.
  • Q2 revenue $221M grew 7% year over year — the top-line growth is stable; margins are the fight.
  • Trailing P/E 44 and free-cash-flow yield -4.5% — premium multiple that has been vulnerable to any margin miss.
  • Debt-to-equity 1.04 and beta 1.17 — moderate leverage with normal volatility.
  • Three straight beats of 53-556% surprise magnitude but the tape is punishing the sequential deceleration.
  • Opened a new San Antonio campus — organic-growth investment continuing.
  • Analyst-covered next-year consensus is $0.60 EPS on $896M revenue — implying modest EPS growth.

November 18 earnings (est. $0.33 EPS) will need to reset the operational narrative or the tape stays capped at the low.

What to watch: November 18 print — revenue growth staying above 7%, operating margin lifting toward 5%, and any specific commentary on Concorde Career Colleges segment integration.

On the calendar: 2026-11-18 — fiscal Q4 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Vocational school operator training automotive, diesel, collision, and motorcycle technicians across campus-based programs in the US.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Education & Training Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $UTI.

Education & Training Services · Consumer Defensive

AI-assisted personalized learning platforms and corporate upskilling demand (AI/data science certification) are the growth segments within education. For-profit higher education faces continued enrollment headwinds and regulatory scrutiny; K-12 ed-tech platforms are lapping COVID-era procurement tailwinds with weaker retention rates.

What this means for $UTI

Neutral — Vocational school operator training automotive, diesel, collision, and motorcycle technicians across campus-based programs in the US.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
44.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
4.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
5.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-4.5%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
10.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
61.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 5, 2026$0.04$0.02+73.2%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$0.01$-0.00+556.6%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$0.23$0.15+53.3%
Q3 2025Nov 19, 2025$0.34$0.26+30.1%
Next earningsWed, Nov 18·consensus EPS $0.33

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$218.9M+7.2%100%1.5%$0.04$-63.5M
Q2 FY26$221.4M+6.7%46.7%0.2%$0.01$-26.4M
Q1 FY26$220.8M+9.6%50.0%7.1%$0.24$-19.6M
Q4 FY25$222.4M+13.3%49.8%11.2%$0.34$40.6M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 5 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$896.1M$895.8M – $896.8M$0.60$0.58 – $0.625
FY27$972.4M$965.5M – $977.6M$0.74$0.70 – $0.775
FY28$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$1.27$1.17 – $1.372
FY29$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B$1.71$1.69 – $1.721

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.0%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-31.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-44.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 53.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.175-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuySep 21Devincenzi Robert ThomasDirector1.0K sh$20KBuyAug 27Devincenzi Robert ThomasDirector1.0K sh$22KBuyAug 25Devincenzi Robert ThomasDirector1.0K sh$22KBuyAug 12Devincenzi Robert ThomasDirector1.0K sh$26KBuyAug 10Devincenzi Robert ThomasDirector8.0K sh$226KSellJun 29Grant Jerome AlanCEO94.5K sh$3.9MSellJun 22Kevin PrehnPresident4.5K sh$182KSellJun 8Coliseum Capital Management, LlcDirector3.0M sh$124.2MSellJun 5Christine KlinePresident3.5K sh$155KSellMay 11Linda J SrereDirector15.0K sh$549K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementAug 188-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Universal Technical Institute (UTI) entered into a new material credit agreement (Item 1.01) creating a new debt obligation (Item 2.03), reported August 12, 2026, and accompanied by a Regulation FD disclosure (Item 7.01). The combination of Items 1.01 and 2.03 confirms a new credit facility or loan — likely a new revolving credit facility replacing or supplementing prior arrangements. UTI provides technical education in automotive, diesel, motorcycle, and HVAC trades; the company has been growing enrollment amid strong demand for skilled trades workers. A new credit facility improves financial flexibility for campus expansions, acquisitions, or working capital. The Item 7.01 exhibit may include an investor presentation discussing the transaction and strategic rationale.

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 58-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (UTI), the Phoenix-based provider of post-secondary technical education, filed an 8-K on August 5, 2026 reporting Q3 fiscal 2026 results. Alongside the earnings press release, the company posted an updated investor presentation and Q3 2026 financial supplement to its investor relations website, disclosed under Regulation FD. These materials are intended for use in investor and analyst meetings. Specific enrollment, revenue, and earnings figures are contained in Exhibits 99.1 through 99.3 attached to the filing.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 10SC 13D/A
8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 68-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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