Universal Electronics Inc. (UEIC)

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Universal Electronics Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-11-17) (its current reports).

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Universal Electronics Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $651 million in fiscal 2016 to $368 million in fiscal 2025, down 6.1% a year; it rose in 2 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 51% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

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Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Universal Electronics Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 11% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

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Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Universal Electronics Inc. lost about 13 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 39 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).

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Universal Electronics Inc.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $368 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 31% by size; a net margin of -5.1% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of -12.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 17% (its annual reports).

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Universal Electronics Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jenke, Wade Michael (CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-09-02, 2 months (bottom 8% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.3 years (top 42%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 30%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

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Universal Electronics Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $32 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 11.8% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.4% of revenue (top 31%); a gross margin of 28.9% (bottom 17%); research spending of 7.1% of revenue (top 36%) (its annual report).

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Universal Electronics Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -12.1% a year over the last three filed years against -6.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 39% of its family); the newest year grew -6.7% (bottom 17%); research spending grew -6.8% a year (bottom 21%); capital spending grew -34.8% a year (bottom 19%) (its annual reports). Universal Electronics Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Home Entertainment at $243 million (66%), Connected Home at $125 million (34%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

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Universal Electronics Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $368 million in fiscal 2025 came in 9.3% above the $337 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 39% of its family); net income of $19 million against a prior three-year average of $41 million (top 28%); a net margin of -5.1% against -9.8% before (top 39%) (its annual reports).