Company Analysis

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. (ULH)

Nasdaq: ULH · Trucking (No Local) · Warren, MI · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade2.7
◀ Past 2.1● Present 2.8▶ Future 3.1

The grade of Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.7/10
◀ Past2.130% of the headline
● Present2.840% of the headline
▶ Future3.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-03-20.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2026-03-09); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 4 times, the latest 2026-03-20) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 8 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.2 billion in fiscal 2017 to $1.6 billion in fiscal 2025, up 3.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 23% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 8 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.1%bottom 19% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 42% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak22.7%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 7% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 7% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 27% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -18%: lost 18¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 14th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. lost about 18 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 70 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 27% of 13 in its family; net margin -6.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.6 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of -6.4% ranks in the bottom 19%; revenue growth of -8.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 27% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.56Bbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin-6.4%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-8.2%bottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 50% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Phillips, Timothy (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-01-15, 6.8 years (top 27% of its family); the 4 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.6 years (top 42%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 4 people in charge now (bottom 19%; 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.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 4 peoplebottom 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.6 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.8 yearstop 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
1.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 15% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 15th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $27 million against debt of $798 million leaves -43.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -2.6% of revenue (bottom 27%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-43.5%bottom 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-2.6%bottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 48% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -8.2% a year over the last three filed years against 3.1% over all 9, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew -15.6% (bottom 19%); capital spending grew 24.2% a year (top 12%) (its annual reports). Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Value Added Services at $712 million (46%), Dedicated Services at $338 million (22%), Intermodal Services at $252 million (16%), and 2 more; 0 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-11.4 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-15.6%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending24.2%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 12% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 12th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.6 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 11.8% below the $1.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 12% of its family); net income of $100 million against a prior three-year average of $130 million (bottom 19%); a net margin of -6.4% against 7% before (bottom 4%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-11.8%bottom 12% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-177%bottom 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-13.4 pointsbottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ULH · research, not advice