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Universal Technical Institute Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Universal Technical Institute Inc had return on equity of 21.4%, an operating margin of 10.0%, debt equal to 26.6% of equity and a current ratio of 1.07. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Sept 20092010Sept 20102011Sept 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin5.1%10.6%9.9%3.4%1.6%1.7%−2.5%−5.4%−0.6%−11.1%−2.4%−1.3%4.5%5.3%3.5%8.0%10.0%5.0%
Net margin3.2%6.6%6.0%2.2%1.0%0.5%−2.5%−13.7%−2.5%−10.3%−2.4%2.7%4.4%6.2%2.0%5.7%7.5%3.9%
Free-cash-flow margin5.7%6.9%6.4%1.8%4.6%4.0%−5.7%−0.0%−2.2%−10.7%4.6%0.6%−1.8%−8.0%−1.2%8.4%6.6%−2.6%
Return on equity11.0%26.6%21.5%6.3%2.7%1.5%−7.4%−38.1%−6.2%−25.9%−6.5%5.5%8.0%12.8%5.6%17.3%21.4%10.2%
Return on assets—11.8%10.6%3.4%1.4%0.7%−3.3%−16.7%−2.8%−11.7%−2.8%2.2%3.1%4.9%1.9%5.7%8.0%4.0%
Asset turnover—1.801.781.551.391.331.291.211.141.141.200.840.700.790.940.991.061.03
Current ratio—0.951.271.361.451.251.121.711.701.261.221.481.380.991.111.081.071.30
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%16.4%31.6%72.0%48.5%26.6%46.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)—————3.4xn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m41.0x11.2x2.2x6.2x14.8x11.4x
Effective tax rate39.2%39.0%40.3%39.6%43.6%64.6%——————4.0%−26.5%31.9%25.3%25.2%24.2%
SG&A as % of revenue42.1%40.6%40.7%45.3%45.9%45.5%45.5%49.4%44.7%53.5%48.6%49.4%45.8%45.2%42.2%39.5%39.7%43.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue7.8%8.5%6.4%2.7%2.5%3.2%8.0%2.2%2.5%6.5%1.9%3.1%18.3%19.0%9.3%3.3%5.0%11.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income178.4%106.0%107.7%83.2%445.4%737.9%—————22.1%−42.0%−129.3%−61.2%146.7%87.8%−66.7%
Dividends ÷ net income—127.2%0.0%81.5%251.7%484.8%————————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow80.9%120.0%0.0%122.3%87.7%75.2%————————————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $898m
Short-term assets $258mLonger-term assets $640m
What it owes, and who funded it · $898m
Short-term liabilities $198mLonger-term liabilities $355mShareholders' equity $344m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $258m of assets due within a year against $198m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $258m short-term assets against $355m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $130m of cash against $160m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 46% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 15% to 46% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $75m of operating cash flow against $160m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $44m against $4m of interest.

From Universal Technical Institute Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

11 /100

Weak moat

How hard Universal Technical Institute's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 1.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 2.7%; its worst year was -8.0%.

  • Cash conversion 3 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 10 years, at a median -2.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 69.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (16 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Universal Technical Institute Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Universal Technical Institute Inc.