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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 7.15%, EPS fell 80.0%, free cash flow fell 408.9% and total debt rose 117.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

20.58 0.08 +0.39%
Market cap
$1.1B
P/E
32.8×
Fwd P/E
56.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.67
Beneish M
−2.24
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 31.15
Total sells 134.95
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — 2 — — — — — — — 4 2 —
Sell — — — 2 4 — 1 4 — — — —
Insider Ownership 2.90%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,130.00
Revenue 883.60
Net Income 34.30
Free Cash Flow (27.37)
Net Debt (15.96)
Current Ratio 1.30
Debt/Equity 0.46 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 32.78
Fwd P/E 56.30 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 1.28
P/B ratio 3.29
Past 5Y EPS Growth 86.56% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (46.52%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 18.91% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 7.25%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 1.55%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 48.28%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 81.42%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 75.82%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 79.20%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
2016 0.02
0.02
special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 1.42 2.39 1.86 2.85 2.75 5.34 5.27 5.63 12.14 21.29

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 5.38 3.87 3.89 8.00 9.76 9.13 11.45 13.28 26.71 36.32
People
People Employees 1,880 1,730 1,800 1,670 1,575 1,660 1,950 3,000 3,700 4,100
Revenue/emp, $m 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.20
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 347 324 317 332 301 335 419 607 733 836
Gross margin, % 44.00 44.17 42.39 46.21 48.15 50.22 50.51 45.69 47.52 49.68
EBT (22) (3) (36) (8) (3) 15 20 18 56 84
EBT margin, % (6.20) (0.84) (11.26) (2.31) (0.86) 4.53 4.88 2.98 7.67 10.09
Net income (48) (8) (33) (8) 8 15 26 12 42 63
Depreciation 18 17 17 16 36 30 33 46 51 57
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
Earnings (2.02) (0.54) (1.51) (0.52) 0.05 0.17 0.39 0.13 0.77 1.16
Cash flow 0.30 0.05 (0.53) 0.85 0.37 1.68 1.39 1.45 1.74 1.79
Capex (0.33) (0.35) (0.83) (0.25) (0.31) (1.87) (2.39) (1.67) (0.49) (0.77)
Free cash flow (0.03) (0.31) (1.36) 0.60 0.06 (0.19) (1.01) (0.22) 1.25 1.02
Book value 5.62 5.09 5.04 4.49 5.92 5.75 6.48 6.65 5.26 6.04
Shares, m 24 25 25 25 30 33 33 34 49 54
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.00 14.32 69.83 21.39 28.06
P/S 0.12 0.26 0.21 0.42 0.50 0.66 0.43 0.47 1.10 2.12
P/B 0.64 1.51 1.15 3.05 1.41 1.85 1.21 1.79 3.09 5.39
EV/Sales (0.12) 0.05 0.11 0.30 0.08 0.32 0.36 0.48 1.04 2.01
EV/FCF 60.65 (1.98) (1.02) 6.43 13.48 (17.36) (4.47) (38.48) 12.37 30.33
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 7 1 (13) 22 11 55 46 49 86 97
Capex (8) (9) (21) (6) (9) (61) (79) (57) (24) (42)
Free cash flow (1) (8) (34) 15 2 (6) (33) (8) 62 55
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 67 60 24 21 59 51 (2) 20 17 17
Total debt 44 43 42 41 0 31 68 162 126 87
Net debt (83) (70) (30) (40) (127) (115) (31) 5 (42) (89)
Shareholders’ equity 137 126 127 114 177 189 215 226 260 328
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (17.19) (4.68) (13.64) (4.75) 0.45 1.19 2.41 0.70 5.12 8.02
ROIC (21.56) (2.03) (22.84) (6.55) (4.86) 12.75 7.60 5.79 16.85 21.80
ROE (54.20) (21.45) (66.13) (25.42) 2.10 5.00 9.56 2.94 18.13 21.42
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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 $2.1B 12.0× 11.7× +1.80% (above 0%: growing) +22.22% (above 0%: growing) −3.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 76.15% 25.72% Compare
STRA Strategic Education Inc. $1.8B 13.2× 10.2× +4.91% (above 0%: growing) +23.40% (above 0%: growing) −26.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.26% 14.97% Compare
COUR Coursera, Inc. $1.4B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +59.59% (above 0%: growing) n/m −190.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.07% (28.37%) Compare
AFYA Afya Limited $1.3B 8.8× 7.7× +18.55% (above 0%: growing) +29.41% (above 0%: growing) +59.54% (above 0%: growing) 61.59% 30.64% Compare
UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc $1.1B 32.8× 56.3× +7.15% (above 0%: growing) −80.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −408.92% (below 0%: shrinking) 45.94% 1.48%
APEI American Public Education, Inc. $899.2M 19.6× 20.9× +5.51% (above 0%: growing) n/m −77.96% (below 0%: shrinking) 55.37% 7.88% Compare
PXED Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. $864.4M 10.2× 10.5× +0.04% (above 0%: growing) −29.07% (below 0%: shrinking) +31.81% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 19.07% Compare
LINC Lincoln Educational Services Corporation $715.6M 30.4× 61.4× +22.40% (above 0%: growing) +20.00% (above 0%: growing) +129.40% (above 0%: growing) 58.17% 2.32% Compare
DAO Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR $604.4M 90.8× 57.2× +9.25% (above 0%: growing) n/m +147.18% (above 0%: growing) 48.87% 7.60% Compare
Median of peers $1.1B 13.2× 11.7× +7.38% +22.22% +13.97% 58.12% 11.42%

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Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI) key facts

  • Strength: Universal Technical Institute Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $835.6 million, up 14.0% from fiscal 2024.
  • Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI) is an Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, UTI traded at $20.58, a market capitalization of $1.1 billion.
  • Return on equity was 21.4% and debt-to-equity 0.46.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.67 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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