UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $20.30, UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC (UTI) is priced for +15.1% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 28, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Universal Technical Institute has evolved from a single-vertical automotive-tech school into a two-division career-education company, pairing the UTI division with Concorde Career Colleges in healthcare, which grew revenue 7.5% in Q2 fiscal 2026. [Source: UTI Q2 FY2026 earnings release, May 2026] • Enrollment momentum is the headline: total new student starts rose 13.8% to 7,569 in Q2, with the company absorbing about $11 million of strategic growth expenses that temporarily pushed net income
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239 institutional managers reported holding UTI in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 54 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, T. Rowe Price, among others. On the short side, 4.7M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 8% of shares outstanding (3.3 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
UTI's share count grew 67.7% over the past five years. It pays no dividend.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at UTI over the trailing three years: 2025: 8 buys totaling $31.07M. 24 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
UTI's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-09 | +1.4% | +6.4% |
| 2023-12-02 | +13.8% | +20.6% |
| 2024-02-09 | +10.0% | -5.3% |
| 2024-05-10 | -8.7% | +9.4% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
UTI's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-18 (items 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-08-05 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-03-18 (items 5.07); 2026-03-17 (items 5.05).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 28, 2026
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