Universal Logistics (ULH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. is a transportation and logistics provider headquartered in Warren, Michigan. Through its operating companies, it serves customers across the United States, Canada and Mexico with a range of freight and supply-chain services.

The company’s services include truckload transportation, intermodal drayage, freight brokerage and freight forwarding. Its contract logistics operations provide warehousing and distribution, as well as value-added services such as materials handling, packaging and manufacturing support.

Universal works with customers in industries including automotive, manufacturing and retail, offering transportation and logistics solutions tailored to their supply-chain needs.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.03 to $30.43
• 50-Day Range: $16.09 to $32.72
• 52-Week Range: $11.73 to $33.87
• Volume: 45,730 shs
• Average Volume: 61,575 shs
• Market Capitalization: $802.38 million
• P/E Ratio: 18.01
• Dividend Yield: 1.38%
• Price Target: $15.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Universal Logistics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Universal Logistics scored higher than 61% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 396th out of 655 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Universal Logistics has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Universal Logistics has a consensus price target of $15.00, representing about 50.2% downside from its current price of $30.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Universal Logistics has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 88.68%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Universal Logistics are expected to grow by 88.68% in the coming year, from $1.06 to $2.00 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Universal Logistics is 17.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.60.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Universal Logistics is 17.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 32.95.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Universal Logistics has a P/B Ratio of 1.47. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.34% of the float of Universal Logistics has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Universal Logistics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.63.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Universal Logistics has recently increased by 1.50%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Universal Logistics pays a meaningful dividend of 1.55%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Universal Logistics does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Universal Logistics is 24.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Universal Logistics will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.00% next year. This indicates that Universal Logistics will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.91

News Sentiment

Universal Logistics has a news sentiment score of 0.91. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Universal Logistics this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Universal Logistics insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

73.50% of the stock of Universal Logistics is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

25.50% of the stock of Universal Logistics is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2026
• Today: 11/11/2026
• Record date for 1/6 Dividend: 12/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 1/6 Dividend: 12/01/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 1/06/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Ground Transportation
• Sub-Industry: Cargo Ground Transportation
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:ULH
• CIK: 1308208
• Web: www.universallogistics.com
• Phone: (586) 920-0100
• Fax: 586-920-0258
• Employees: 10,525
• Year Founded: 1981

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Universal Logistics: $15.00
• High Price Target: $15.00
• Low Price Target: $15.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -50.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.69
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.01
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.22
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$99.87 million
• Net Margins: 2.92%
• Pretax Margin: -5.84%
• Return on Equity: 4.11%
• Return on Assets: 1.30%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.06
• Current Ratio: 1.20
• Quick Ratio: 1.20

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.53
• Cash Flow: $5.69 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.35
• Book Value: $20.52 per share
• Price / Book: 1.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 26,368,000
• Free Float: 6,988,000
• Market Cap: $802.38 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.69