Stocks · Industrials · Trucking
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. ULH
$17.63 -4.50% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $486.8M
High risk
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-3.48, down 249.4% year over year.
- Net debt is 8.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Operating margin narrowed to -0.4% from 7.0% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 9%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 36%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 25%
- Gross marginBottom 11%
- Operating marginBottom 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Interest coverBottom 23%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 32%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
- 6-month returnBottom 26%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 26%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 9%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 3%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -11.1% | -8.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -230.5% | -249.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 13.2% | 10.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | -0.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -4.0% | 2.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -8.3% | -11.1% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -249.4% | -230.5% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 13.2% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| Operating margin | -0.4% | 7.0% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Net margin | -6.0% | 3.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.4% | -4.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.5% | — | Bottom 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -8.2% | — | Bottom 9% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -14.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 8.13×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.27%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.28%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $15.00
- Target vs current price
- -14.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | +661.5% | +0.0% | +37.4% | +41.6% | — |
| May 1, 2026 | -244.4% | -7.0% | -44.3% | -33.9% | -38.1% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | +380.0% | +2.9% | +19.4% | +51.2% | +26.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +33.3% | -3.0% | -2.3% | +4.6% | +9.7% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -5.9% | +0.2% | -13.4% | -12.3% | -28.6% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | -52.1% | -0.6% | -19.4% | -10.4% | -6.9% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -17.2% | -1.6% | -34.3% | -38.6% | -46.3% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | -2.5% | +2.5% | -3.1% | +12.8% | +3.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.99 | $0.13 | +661.5% | $379.3M |
| May 1, 2026 | -$0.13 | $0.09 | -244.4% | $367.6M |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.14 | -$0.05 | +380.0% | $385.4M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.24 | $0.18 | +33.3% | $396.8M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.34 | -5.9% | $393.8M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.48 | -52.1% | $382.4M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.93 | -17.2% | $465.1M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $1.15 | $1.18 | -2.5% | $426.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 13.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.0× | — | — | Top 32% |
| EV / Sales | 0.85× | — | — | Top 18% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.53% | — | — | Top 17% |
| Earnings yield | -19.74% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.2× – 10.9× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -18.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -249.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +23.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 6
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.9%
- RSI (14)
- 48.7
- Relative volume
- 1.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 89.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 92th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.33
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -76.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2024 | May 12, 2026 | -76.7% | 377 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 7, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 | -51.7% | 182 days | 124 days (Apr 26, 2024) |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -39.5% | 217 days | 83 days (May 26, 2022) |
| Aug 18, 2022 | Sep 23, 2022 | -23.9% | 25 days | 93 days (Feb 7, 2023) |
| May 9, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | -23.8% | 40 days | 85 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $486.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$3.48
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.53B
- Dividend yield
- 2.38%
- 52-week range
- $11.73 – $25.80
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.75B | $2.02B | $1.66B | $1.85B | $1.56B |
| Gross profit | $215.3M | $352.4M | $255.8M | $315.9M | $163.6M |
| Operating income | $103.0M | $240.4M | $145.4M | $203.1M | $60.1M |
| Net income | $73.7M | $168.6M | $92.9M | $129.9M | -$99.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.74 | $6.37 | $3.53 | $4.93 | -$3.79 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $426.8M | $465.1M | $382.4M | $393.8M | $396.8M | $385.4M | $367.6M | $379.3M |
| Net income | $26.5M | $20.2M | $6.0M | $8.3M | -$74.8M | -$39.4M | -$3.5M | $26.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.01 | $0.77 | $0.23 | $0.32 | -$2.84 | -$1.50 | -$0.13 | $0.99 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $83.3M | $213.4M | $210.2M | $112.4M | $183.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$38.8M | -$117.1M | -$240.6M | -$251.6M | -$224.2M |
| Free cash flow | $44.4M | $96.3M | -$30.3M | -$139.2M | -$41.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$11.3M | -$13.9M | -$11.0M | -$11.1M | -$11.1M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$14.3M | -$134,000 | -$107,000 | -$85,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $20.3M
- Total assets
- $1.68B
- Total liabilities
- $1.12B
- Total debt
- $838.5M
- Net debt
- $818.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $561.0M
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.11 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.11 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | $0.11 | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.11 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.11 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.11 | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.11 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.11 | Jan 2, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 360,766
- Days to cover
- 9.39
- Change vs previous report
- -10.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.