Company Analysis

UL Solutions Inc. (ULS)

NYSE: ULS · Services-Testing Laboratories · Northbrook, IL · filing with the SEC since 2022
Grade6.4
◀ Past 7.0● Present 6.3▶ Future 6.0
1 est.

The grade of UL Solutions Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past7.030% of the headline
● Present6.340% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2022.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

UL Solutions Inc.'s filings since 2022 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.6% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

UL Solutions Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.5 billion in fiscal 2022 to $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.6% a year; it rose in 3 of 3 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 4 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.6%bottom 27% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 19% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 19% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.5% a year. 56% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 26 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, UL Solutions Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 56% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 26 sales (23 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $3 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 42% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 45% 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?

6.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 25%: 25¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 56%: owes 56¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, UL Solutions Inc. earned about 25 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 52 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 56 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 27% of its family
  • return on equitytop 29% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 29% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 46% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 44% of 14 in its family; net margin 10.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

UL Solutions Inc.'s standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 39% by size; a net margin of 10.6% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of 6.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.05Btop 39% of its family
  • net margin10.6%top 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth6.6%bottom 39% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
7.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 7.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 28% of 9 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-04-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2024-04-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 9 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: UL Solutions Inc.'s leadership is put at 7.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 28% of 9 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-04-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 54th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

UL Solutions Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $295 million against debt of $491 million leaves -6.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 42% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 13.2% of revenue (top 25%); a gross margin of 49.5% (bottom 46%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-6.7%bottom 42% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue13.2%top 25% of its family
  • gross margin49.5%bottom 46% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

UL Solutions Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.6% a year over the last three filed years against 6.6% over all 4, speeding up (top 31% of its family); the newest year grew 6.4% (top 42%); capital spending grew 6.3% a year (bottom 41%) (its annual reports). UL Solutions Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Ongoing Certification Services at $1.0 billion (33%), Non Certification Testing and Other Services at $911 million (30%), Certification Testing at $851 million (28%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.4%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending6.3%bottom 41% 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
6.8/10

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

top 32% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

UL Solutions Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.3% below the $3.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 46% of its family); net income of $325 million against a prior three-year average of $293 million (top 21%); a net margin of 10.6% against 10.9% before (top 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.3%top 46% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+11%top 21% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.3 pointstop 29% 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 ULS · research, not advice