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Universal Technical Institute Inc. (UTI)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Universal Technical Institute Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Universal Technical Institute Inc.

Universal Technical Institute Inc provides workforce education and training programs in transportation, skilled trades, energy, and healthcare fields. It operates two main divisions: Universal Technical Institute, which offers technical training at 15 campuses across nine states, and Concorde Career Colleges, which provides healthcare education at 17 campuses and online. The company serves students seeking career-focused education and partners with industry employers to align programs with workforce needs.

Snapshot

Revenue
$835.6M
Revenue growth (YoY)
14.0%
Net income
$63.0M
Diluted EPS
$1.13
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
10.0%
Net margin
7.5%
FCF margin
6.6%
ROE
19.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
34.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.15B
Long-term debt / equity
0.26×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended September 30, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Universal Technical Institute

  • Revenue grew 14.0% to $836M in FY2025, slower than the 20.6% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 10.0% in FY2025, +5.5 pp against 4.5% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $219M, up 7.2% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $55M in FY2025, 6.6% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 50.0% to $63M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Universal Technical Institute’s fundamentals sit among the 410 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin10.0%
72nd percentile of 348
Net margin7.5%
74th percentile of 384
FCF margin6.6%
66th percentile of 358
Revenue growth (YoY)+14.0%
84th percentile of 401
ROE19.2%
77th percentile of 349
P/E34.2×
85th percentile of 245
Long-term debt / equity0.26×
31st percentile of 236
Short interest3.18d
37th percentile of 408

Universal Technical Institute’s P/E of 34.2 ranks in the 85th percentile of the 245 peers with a meaningful P/E.

6 reported insider purchases (code P) totaling $334,697 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 3 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
0 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
4
3 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$79.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$34.6M810.0KReduced
First Eagle Investment ManagementQ2 2026$24.4M570.2KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$20.4M476.0KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$272,4026.4KReduced

No longer held by: Citadel Advisors (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
6
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$335K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-28
filed 2026-09-30
Robert Thomas DevincenziDirectorBuy1.0K$19.68$20K
2026-09-21
filed 2026-09-23
Robert Thomas DevincenziDirectorBuy1.0K$19.83$20K
2026-08-27
filed 2026-08-31
Robert Thomas DevincenziDirectorBuy1.0K$21.80$22K
2026-08-25
filed 2026-08-27
Robert Thomas DevincenziDirectorBuy1.0K$21.77$22K
2026-08-12
filed 2026-08-14
Robert Thomas DevincenziDirectorBuy1.0K$25.95$26K
2026-08-10
filed 2026-08-12
Robert Thomas DevincenziDirectorBuy8.0K$28.21$226K
2026-06-29
filed 2026-06-30
Jerome Alan GrantChief Executive OfficerSell49.0K$41.63$2.0M
2026-06-29
filed 2026-06-30
Jerome Alan GrantChief Executive OfficerSell45.5K$41.15$1.9M
2026-06-22
filed 2026-06-24
Kevin PrehnConcorde Division PresidentSell4.5K$40.00$182K
2026-06-08
filed 2026-06-10
Coliseum Capital Management, LLCDirectorSell3.0M$41.40$124.2M
2026-06-05
filed 2026-06-08
Christine KlineSenior Vice President and CAOSell3.5K$44.42$155K
2026-05-11
filed 2026-05-13
Linda J. SrereDirectorSell15.0K$36.59$549K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
6.9M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+10.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.18
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
2.2M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-306.9M+10.7%3.18
2026-09-156.3M+14.2%4.00
2026-08-315.5M+8.3%3.04
2026-08-145.1M+15.2%2.26
2026-07-314.4M-4.4%4.68
2026-07-154.6M-3.3%4.69
2026-06-304.8M+0.9%5.33
2026-06-154.7M-12.4%3.25

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$835.6M$732.7M$607.4M$418.8M$335.1M
Gross profit—————
Operating income$83.5M$58.9M$21.4M$22.4M$14.9M
Net income$63.0M$42.0M$12.3M$25.8M$14.6M
Diluted EPS$1.13$0.75$0.13$0.38$0.17

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$97.3M$85.9M$49.1M$46.0M$55.2M
Capital expenditure$42.0M$24.3M$56.7M$79.5M$61.3M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$218.9M7.2%$2.3M$0.04
Q2 FY2026$221.4M6.7%$433,000$0.01
Q1 FY2026$220.8M9.6%$12.8M$0.23
Q4 FY202513.3%
Q3 FY2025$204.3M15.1%$10.7M$0.19
Q2 FY2025$207.4M12.6%$11.4M$0.21
Q1 FY2025$201.4M15.3%$22.2M$0.40
Q4 FY202415.3%

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryServices-Educational Services
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended September 30, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2014
SEC CIK1261654

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-08-18
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-05-06
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8-K2026-03-18
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.