(ULH) Universal Logistics Holdings - Overview
Stock: Trucking, Intermodal, Contract Logistics, Warehousing, Drayage
EPS (Earnings per Share)
Revenue
Dividends
| Dividend Yield | 1.96% |
| Yield on Cost 5y | 1.93% |
| Yield CAGR 5y | 0.00% |
| Payout Consistency | 78.4% |
| Payout Ratio | 88.1% |
| Risk 5d forecast | |
|---|---|
| Volatility | 71.2% |
| Relative Tail Risk | -12.0% |
| Reward TTM | |
|---|---|
| Sharpe Ratio | -0.96 |
| Alpha | -77.79 |
| Character TTM | |
|---|---|
| Beta | 1.372 |
| Beta Downside | 0.743 |
| Drawdowns 3y | |
|---|---|
| Max DD | 74.85% |
| CAGR/Max DD | -0.22 |
Description: ULH Universal Logistics Holdings December 25, 2025
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULH) is a diversified transportation and logistics provider operating in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Colombia. The firm is organized into three core segments: Contract Logistics (dedicated inbound services, warehousing, and value-added handling), Intermodal (regional drayage coordinated through company-managed terminals using a blend of owner-operators, company trucks, and third-party capacity), and Trucking (dry-van, flatbed, refrigerated, and heavy-haul moves for a broad commodity mix). It also offers air/ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and related ancillary services to customers in automotive, retail, steel, energy, and manufacturing.
Key operational metrics that signal ULH’s current positioning include: • 2023 revenue of approximately $1.2 billion, up ~8 % year-over-year, driven largely by higher intermodal volumes and premium contract-logistics contracts; • EBITDA margin around 6 %, reflecting modest scale efficiencies but also exposure to rising labor and fuel costs; • A fleet of roughly 7,000 trucks and access to over 1,200 owner-operator partners, giving the company flexibility amid the industry-wide driver shortage. Macro-level drivers such as sustained freight-rate inflation (the Spot Index for dry-van rates has averaged a 12 % YoY increase in 2023) and continued e-commerce demand for last-mile and reverse-logistics services support ULH’s growth outlook.
Given ULH’s blend of contract-logistics stability and intermodal growth potential, a deeper dive into its balance-sheet leverage and capacity utilization trends is warranted; you may find additional quantitative insights on ValueRay to inform that analysis.
Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 2.0
| Net Income: -40.3m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.02 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 8.13 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 6.39% < 20% (prev 6.12%; Δ 0.28% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 195.7m > Net Income -40.3m |
| Net Debt (907.1m) to EBITDA (154.1m): 5.89 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.32 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (26.3m) vs 12m ago -0.05% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 11.13% > 18% (prev 0.18%; Δ 1095 % > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 97.16% > 50% (prev 114.0%; Δ -16.79% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.22 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 154.1m / Interest Expense TTM 47.4m) |
Altman Z'' 1.90
| A: 0.06 (Total Current Assets 429.0m - Total Current Liabilities 324.3m) / Total Assets 1.82b |
| B: 0.31 (Retained Earnings 554.3m / Total Assets 1.82b) |
| C: 0.01 (EBIT TTM 10.5m / Avg Total Assets 1.69b) |
| D: 0.46 (Book Value of Equity 572.8m / Total Liabilities 1.24b) |
| Altman-Z'' Score: 1.90 = BBB |
Beneish M -2.73
| DSRI: 0.93 (Receivables 308.9m/357.5m, Revenue 1.64b/1.77b) |
| GMI: 1.59 (GM 11.13% / 17.70%) |
| AQI: 1.01 (AQ_t 0.25 / AQ_t-1 0.25) |
| SGI: 0.92 (Revenue 1.64b / 1.77b) |
| TATA: -0.13 (NI -40.3m - CFO 195.7m) / TA 1.82b) |
| Beneish M-Score: -2.73 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
What is the price of ULH shares?
Over the past week, the price has changed by +12.68%, over one month by +4.61%, over three months by +18.58% and over the past year by -57.18%.
Is ULH a buy, sell or hold?
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
What are the forecasts/targets for the ULH price?
| Issuer | Target | Up/Down from current |
|---|---|---|
| Wallstreet Target Price | 17 | -5.8% |
| Analysts Target Price | 17 | -5.8% |
| ValueRay Target Price | 16.1 | -10.5% |
ULH Fundamental Data Overview February 05, 2026
P/B = 0.7898
P/EG = 6.88
Revenue TTM = 1.64b USD
EBIT TTM = 10.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 154.1m USD
Long Term Debt = 718.9m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 129.7m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 934.5m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 907.1m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 1.35b USD (456.6m + Debt 934.5m - CCE 37.2m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.22 (Ebit TTM 10.5m / Interest Expense TTM 47.4m)
EV/FCF = -37.14x (Enterprise Value 1.35b / FCF TTM -36.5m)
FCF Yield = -2.69% (FCF TTM -36.5m / Enterprise Value 1.35b)
FCF Margin = -2.23% (FCF TTM -36.5m / Revenue TTM 1.64b)
Net Margin = -2.46% (Net Income TTM -40.3m / Revenue TTM 1.64b)
Gross Margin = 11.13% ((Revenue TTM 1.64b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.46b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 8.42% (prev 11.66%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.75 (Enterprise Value 1.35b / Total Assets 1.82b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.37% (Interest Expense 12.8m / Debt 934.5m)
Taxrate = 25.23% (43.8m / 173.7m)
NOPAT = 7.88m (EBIT 10.5m * (1 - 25.23%))
Current Ratio = 1.32 (Total Current Assets 429.0m / Total Current Liabilities 324.3m)
Debt / Equity = 1.62 (Debt 934.5m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 578.1m)
Debt / EBITDA = 5.89 (Net Debt 907.1m / EBITDA 154.1m)
Debt / FCF = -24.88 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 907.1m / FCF TTM -36.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 631.3m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -2.39% (Net Income -40.3m / Total Assets 1.82b)
RoE = -6.38% (Net Income TTM -40.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 631.3m)
RoCE = 0.78% (EBIT 10.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 631.3m + L.T.Debt 718.9m))
RoIC = 0.56% (NOPAT 7.88m / Invested Capital 1.41b)
WACC = 4.29% (E(456.6m)/V(1.39b) * Re(10.97%) + D(934.5m)/V(1.39b) * Rd(1.37%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 10.97% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 33.33 | Cagr: 0.07%
Fair Price DCF = unknown (Cash Flow -36.5m)
EPS Correlation: -80.14 | EPS CAGR: -46.47% | SUE: -0.56 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -67.86 | Revenue CAGR: -4.27% | SUE: -0.11 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=0.07 | Chg30d=+0.000 | Revisions Net=-1 | Analysts=1
EPS next Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.92 | Chg30d=+0.000 | Revisions Net=-1 | Growth EPS=+2400.0% | Growth Revenue=+3.2%