Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI) is 30.89% away from 50-day simple Moving Average despite all headwinds

On Tuesday, Universal Technical Institute Inc (NYSE: UTI) was -8.59% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $26.44. A 52-week range for UTI has been $10.46 – $26.64.

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A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 18.56% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 29.78%. With a float of $50.03 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $53.82 million.

In an organization with 3000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 61.08%, operating margin of 8.04%, and the pretax margin is 7.67%.

Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Universal Technical Institute Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Universal Technical Institute Inc is 7.04%, while institutional ownership is 87.26%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 02 ’24, was worth 62,337,833. In this transaction Director of this company sold 2,483,579 shares at a rate of $25.10, taking the stock ownership to the 6,850,636 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 02 ’24, when Company’s Owner proposed sale 2,483,579 for $25.87, making the entire transaction worth $64,250,189.

Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI) Latest Financial update

Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 9/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 0.17 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 0.04) by 0.13. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.18 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 29.78% per share during the next fiscal year.

Universal Technical Institute Inc (NYSE: UTI) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.02. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.12.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.74, a number that is poised to hit 0.19 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.17 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.79 million. That was better than the volume of 0.54 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 84.61%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.15.

During the past 100 days, Universal Technical Institute Inc’s (UTI) raw stochastic average was set at 78.53%, which indicates a significant increase from 65.79% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 87.77% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 48.86% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $18.47, while its 200-day Moving Average is $16.51. However, in the short run, Universal Technical Institute Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $25.15. Second resistance stands at $26.13. The third major resistance level sits at $27.30. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $23.00, it is likely to go to the next support level at $21.83. The third support level lies at $20.85 if the price breaches the second support level.

Universal Technical Institute Inc (NYSE: UTI) Key Stats

There are 53,812K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 1.30 billion. As of now, sales total 732,690 K while income totals 42,000 K. Its latest quarter income was 196,360 K while its last quarter net income were 18,840 K.