Universal Technical Institute Inc

UTI Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

Universal Technical Institute Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $835.6 million, up 14.0% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+7.15%
EPS
−80.0%
Free cash flow
−408.9%
Total debt
+117.0%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

19.63 2.70 −12.09%
Market cap
$1.1B
P/E
31.3×
Fwd P/E
37.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.67
Beneish M
−2.24
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 14.02
Sold, $m 134.95
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy 1 — — — — — — — 4 2 — —
Sell — — 2 4 — 1 4 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 2.90%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 1,080.00
Revenue ttm 883.60
Net income ttm 34.30
Free cash flow ttm (27.37)
Net debt Q (15.96)
Valuation
P/E 31.26
Forward P/E 37.50 (above 35: high)
Price / sales 1.22
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 3.14
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.30
Debt / equity Q 0.46 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 3.20
Growth
Revenue growth Q +7.15% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q −77.07% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year −46.53% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +18.98% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +7.25%
EPS, past 5 yrs +86.56% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next 5 yrs A +1.56%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 43.89%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 79.39%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 73.41%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 76.97%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—
Growth, 2016–23
−100.0%/yr
  1. 0.02 ’16
  2. 0.00 ’17 −100
  3. 0.00 ’20
  4. 0.00 ’21
  5. 0.00 ’22
  6. 0.00 ’23
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 157 167 176 176
Receivables 25 31 46 50
Inventory — — — —
Other 7 5 6 8
205 222 247 258
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 70 84 105 106
ST’ Debt 3 3 3 3
Other 4 4 14 4
185 205 230 198

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.70% 22.68% 25.90%
Cash Flow 28.00% 54.57% 28.35%
Earnings 0.00% 108.25% 69.93%
Book Value 11.20% 13.20% 15.06%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 0.23 0.01 0.04 — —
’25 0.40 0.21 0.19 0.34 1.13
’24 0.17 0.14 0.09 0.34 0.75
’23 0.02 0.04 (0.05) 0.10 0.13
’22 0.25 0.11 (0.01) 0.03 0.38
’21 (0.01) (0.09) 0.03 0.20 0.17
’20 0.07 0.18 (0.45) 0.09 0.05
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 221 221 219 — —
’25 201 207 204 222 836
’24 175 184 177 196 733
’23 120 164 153 170 607
’22 105 102 101 111 419
’21 76 78 84 97 335
’20 87 83 54 76 301
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 3 4 10 — —
’25 23 (1) 18 57 97
’24 11 (2) 10 68 86
’23 3 (7) 0 54 49
’22 2 8 (2) 38 46
’21 8 10 (3) 40 55
’20 7 4 (21) 21 11
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (20) (27) (21) — —
’25 20 (12) 7 41 55
’24 7 (8) 3 60 62
’23 (4) (39) (11) 46 (8)
’22 (8) (34) (19) 28 (33)
’21 (40) 7 (7) 33 (6)
’20 5 0 (23) 19 2
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 347 324 317 332 301 335 419 607 733 836 884 +10.3% 896 972 1,077 +8.8%
Gross margin, % 44.00 44.17 42.39 46.21 48.15 50.22 50.51 45.69 47.52 49.68 48.11 +5.7 pt
EBT (22) (3) (36) (8) (3) 15 20 18 56 84 45 n/m
EBT margin, % (6.20) (0.84) (11.26) (2.31) (0.86) 4.53 4.88 2.98 7.67 10.09 5.12 +16.3 pt
Net income (48) (8) (33) (8) 8 15 26 12 42 63 34 n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 14.28 13.12 12.62 13.03 10.09 10.23 12.61 17.87 14.82 15.39 16.04 +0.8%
Earnings (2.02) (0.54) (1.51) (0.52) 0.05 0.17 0.39 0.13 0.77 1.16 0.63 n/m
Cash flow 0.30 0.05 (0.53) 0.85 0.37 1.68 1.39 1.45 1.74 1.79 1.35 +21.8%
Capex (0.33) (0.35) (0.83) (0.25) (0.31) (1.87) (2.39) (1.67) (0.49) (0.77) (1.85) +9.9%
Free cash flow (0.03) (0.31) (1.36) 0.60 0.06 (0.19) (1.01) (0.22) 1.25 1.02 (0.50) n/m
Book value 5.62 5.09 5.04 4.49 5.92 5.75 6.48 6.65 5.26 6.04 6.25 +0.8%
Shares, m 24 25 25 25 30 33 33 34 49 54 55 +9.3%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.00 14.32 69.83 21.39 28.06 31.26 18.6
P/S 0.12 0.26 0.21 0.42 0.50 0.66 0.43 0.47 1.10 2.12 1.22 0.6
P/B 0.64 1.51 1.15 3.05 1.41 1.85 1.21 1.79 3.09 5.39 3.14 2.1
EV/Sales (0.12) 0.05 0.11 0.30 0.08 0.32 0.36 0.48 1.04 2.01 1.21 0.5
EV/FCF 60.65 (1.98) (1.02) 6.43 13.48 (17.36) (4.47) (38.48) 12.37 30.33 (38.92) 6.0
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 7 1 (13) 22 11 55 46 49 86 97 75 +33.2%
Capex (8) (9) (21) (6) (9) (61) (79) (57) (24) (42) (102) +20.1%
Free cash flow (1) (8) (34) 15 2 (6) (33) (8) 62 55 (27) n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 67 60 24 21 59 51 (2) 20 17 17 60 (14.2%)
Net debt (83) (70) (30) (40) (127) (115) (31) 5 (42) (89) (16) +0.8%
Shareholders’ equity 137 126 127 114 177 189 215 226 260 328 344 +10.2%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (17.19) (4.68) (13.64) (4.75) 0.45 1.19 2.41 0.70 5.12 8.02 4.19 +25.2 pt
ROIC (21.56) (2.03) (22.84) (6.55) (4.86) 12.75 7.60 5.79 16.85 21.80 8.42 +43.4 pt
ROE (54.20) (21.45) (66.13) (25.42) 2.10 5.00 9.56 2.94 18.13 21.42 10.53 +75.6 pt
People
People Employees 1,880 1,730 1,800 1,670 1,575 1,660 1,950 3,000 3,700 4,100 — +9.0%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.20 — +1.1%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Universal Technical Institute Inc vs peers in Education & Training Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation $1.7B 9.2× 10.1× +1.88% (above 0%: growing) +14.52% (above 0%: growing) +97.05% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 25.52% Compare
STRA Strategic Education Inc. $1.3B 200× 8.8× +1.60% (above 0%: growing) n/m +15.56% (above 0%: growing) 49.66% (26.94%) Compare
UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc $1.1B 31.3× 37.5× +7.15% (above 0%: growing) −80.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −408.92% (below 0%: shrinking) 45.94% 1.48%
COUR Coursera, Inc. $991.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +93.98% (above 0%: growing) n/m −45.99% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.43% (7.67%) Compare
AFYA Afya Limited $928.2M 6.2× 6.6× +18.55% (above 0%: growing) +29.41% (above 0%: growing) +59.54% (above 0%: growing) 61.59% 30.64% Compare
PXED Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. $788.9M 9.2× 9.4× +1.28% (above 0%: growing) −29.07% (below 0%: shrinking) +151.03% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 11.98% Compare
APEI American Public Education, Inc. $699.5M 15.1× 15.6× +5.51% (above 0%: growing) n/m −77.96% (below 0%: shrinking) 55.37% 7.88% Compare
DAO Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR $657.2M 102× 83.9× +9.25% (above 0%: growing) n/m +147.18% (above 0%: growing) 48.87% 7.60% Compare
LINC Lincoln Educational Services Corporation $556.7M 24.0× 26.6× +22.40% (above 0%: growing) +20.00% (above 0%: growing) +129.40% (above 0%: growing) 58.17% 2.32% Compare
Median of peers $858.6M 15.1× 10.1× +7.38% +17.26% +78.30% 56.77% 7.74%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 20 January 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 5.15m 15.23m 641.00
2024 3.49m 8.60m 320.00
2023 2.97m 3.92m 165.00
2022 1.89m 1.96m 107.00
2021 2.22m 2.17m 133.00

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 9.80%
Christopher S. Shackelton 7.20%
Adam Gray and Coliseum Entities 7.20%
The Vanguard Group 6.00%
BlackRock, Inc. 5.80%
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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