Universal Technical Institute (UTI)

• Market cap: $1.49B
• 1 day: 3.21%
• 5 days: 2.17%
• 1 month: 1.11%
• 3 months: 3.92%
• 6 months: 66.28%
• Year to date: 7.52%
• 1 year: 81.89%
• 5 years: 434.64%
• 10 years: 169.96%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Educational Services

About: Universal Technical Institute Inc is an educational institution. It provides undergraduate degree, as well as certificate programs for technicians in the automotive, diesel, collision repair, motorcycle and marine fields. The company's reportable segment which includes Universal Technical Institute (UTI) and Concorde Career Colleges, Corporate. Majority of the revenue is generated from UTI segment which provides different kinds of degree and non-degree transportation and skilled trades technical training programs under brands such as Universal Technical Institute, Motorcycle Mechanics Institute, Marine Mechanics Institute and others. It also provides dealer technician training or instructor staffing services to manufacturers.

Employees: 3,700

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

286% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.44M | Put options by funds: $632K

133% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 7 (+4) [Q4]

90% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 40 | Existing positions closed: 21

63% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $759M [Q3] → $1.24B (+$476M) [Q4]

33% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 76 | Existing positions reduced: 57

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 182 [Q3] → 198 (+16) [Q4]

2.19% more ownership

Funds ownership: 86.77% [Q3] → 88.97% (+2.19%) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $31 13% upside
• Avg. target: $34 24% upside
• High target: $36 32% upside

4 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Lake Street Eric Martinuzzi 33% 1-year accuracy 9 / 27 met price target	13% upside $31	Buy Maintained	6 Feb 2025
Barrington Research Alexander Paris 57% 1-year accuracy 73 / 127 met price target	28% upside $35	Outperform Maintained	6 Feb 2025
Rosenblatt Steve Frankel 59% 1-year accuracy 16 / 27 met price target	32% upside $36	Buy Maintained	6 Feb 2025
Northland Capital Markets Mike Grondahl 40% 1-year accuracy 17 / 43 met price target	24% upside $34	Outperform Maintained	6 Feb 2025