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NYSE:UTI

Universal Technical Institute (UTI) Competitors

$8.44
+0.06 (+0.72%)
(As of 10/3/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$8.23
$8.55
50-Day Range
$7.12
$8.77
52-Week Range
$5.38
$8.90
Volume
74,236 shs
Average Volume
107,967 shs
Market Capitalization
$287.55 million
P/E Ratio
211.05
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$10.67

UTI vs. LINC, APEI, IH, QSG, VTRU, NRDY, PRDO, CLAR, KNDI, and CVEO

Should you be buying Universal Technical Institute stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Technical Institute include Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), iHuman (IH), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Vitru (VTRU), Nerdy (NRDY), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Clarus (CLAR), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), and Civeo (CVEO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Universal Technical Institute vs.

Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) and Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Lincoln Educational Services has a net margin of 8.13% compared to Universal Technical Institute's net margin of 1.31%. Lincoln Educational Services' return on equity of 10.59% beat Universal Technical Institute's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Universal Technical Institute1.31% 9.86% 2.20%
Lincoln Educational Services 8.13%10.59%5.05%

Lincoln Educational Services received 25 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.41% of users gave Lincoln Educational Services an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Universal Technical InstituteOutperform Votes
234
57.21%
Underperform Votes
175
42.79%
Lincoln Educational ServicesOutperform Votes
259
62.41%
Underperform Votes
156
37.59%

Universal Technical Institute currently has a consensus price target of $10.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.23%. Lincoln Educational Services has a consensus price target of $10.38, indicating a potential upside of 19.53%. Given Universal Technical Institute's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Universal Technical Institute is more favorable than Lincoln Educational Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Universal Technical Institute
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Lincoln Educational Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Universal Technical Institute has higher revenue and earnings than Lincoln Educational Services. Lincoln Educational Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Technical Institute, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Universal Technical Institute$418.77M0.69$25.85M$0.04211.55
Lincoln Educational Services$348.29M0.78$12.63M$0.949.20

In the previous week, Lincoln Educational Services had 8 more articles in the media than Universal Technical Institute. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lincoln Educational Services and 2 mentions for Universal Technical Institute. Lincoln Educational Services' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Universal Technical Institute's score of -1.00 indicating that Lincoln Educational Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Universal Technical Institute
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Lincoln Educational Services
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lincoln Educational Services beats Universal Technical Institute on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UTI vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Technical InstituteEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$288.23M$754.81M$6.34B$14.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%2.79%3.77%
P/E Ratio211.5511.5715.9020.07
Price / Sales0.691.666.658.71
Price / Cash4.1410.5814.5015.11
Price / Book1.921.775.096.49
Net Income$25.85M$2.87M$192.61M$899.33M
7 Day Performance-0.70%0.07%-1.06%-2.18%
1 Month Performance5.22%-5.87%-7.68%-7.89%
1 Year Performance52.43%-2.40%9.66%4.23%

Universal Technical Institute Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
2.8813 of 5 stars
$8.39
-2.1%
$10.38
+23.7%
+59.9%$263.11M$348.29M8.932,121Short Interest ↓
APEI
American Public Education
2.5981 of 5 stars
$5.00
-0.2%
$7.00
+40.0%
-48.5%$88.85M$606.33M-1.306,244Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
IH
iHuman
0 of 5 stars
$2.94
+0.7%
N/A+36.4%$156.49M$142.89M6.54770Short Interest ↑
QSG
QuantaSing Group
2.321 of 5 stars
$2.20
flat
$9.85
+347.7%
N/A$121.17M$3.08B0.002,269Gap Up
VTRU
Vitru
2.3723 of 5 stars
$16.01
-1.7%
$22.33
+39.5%
-17.7%$539.38M$255.14M14.8210,177News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NRDY
Nerdy
2.1788 of 5 stars
$3.27
+0.6%
$5.93
+81.3%
+69.7%$553.94M$162.66M-5.95700
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
2.6617 of 5 stars
$17.27
-0.5%
$21.00
+21.6%
+69.0%$1.13B$695.21M9.344,500Positive News
CLAR
Clarus
2.5153 of 5 stars
$7.31
-2.1%
$14.69
+100.9%
-46.1%$273.91M$448.11M-3.40900News Coverage
KNDI
Kandi Technologies Group
0 of 5 stars
$3.47
flat
N/A+62.1%$273.87M$117.81M-57.74971
CVEO
Civeo
1.679 of 5 stars
$20.90
-2.5%
$31.00
+48.3%
-16.5%$310.16M$697.05M-18.831,400Short Interest ↑
Positive News

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