Universal Electronics Inc. Common Stock (UEIC)

FairStock Score: 58/100 — STEADY

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look at Universal Electronics as a beaten-down supplier of remote controls, smart-home controls, and embedded software. The filed numbers show a shrinking business: FY2025 revenue was $368.3M, down from FY2024's $394.9M and FY2023's $420.5M. It lost $18.6M in FY2025, $24.0M in FY2024, and $98.2M in FY2023. That is not the record of a wide-moat compounder; the product area is competitive and hardware-heavy, though embedded software may create some switching costs. The latest filed quarter offers a glimmer: fiscal Q2 2026 revenue was $73.2M, net income $1.6M, and diluted EPS $0.12, a 2.24% net margin. But one profitable quarter after a fiscal Q1 2026 loss of $7.3M does not prove a durable turnaround. Financial health is mixed. Debt/equity is low at 0.21, and trailing free cash flow is $6.0M, a FairStock FCF yield of 9.2% on the 2026-10-13 close. The Altman Z-Score of 2.02 is a gray area, and the Piotroski F-Score of 6/9 is middling. Valuation is asset-based: FairStock P/B is 0.46, EV/EBITDA is 5.70, while the negative P/E of -4.41 and ROE of -10.21% show there are no earnings to support it. FairStock labels it a TURNAROUND — loss in the latest year after earlier profits. If the business stabilizes, the price could be cheap. If revenue keeps falling, book value may erode and this remains a value trap.

In plain English: Universal Electronics makes remote controls, smart-home control products, and related software for TV and electronics companies. The business has been shrinking and losing money in recent years, though it earned a small profit in the latest quarter. At the 2026-10-13 close of $5.12, the price is below its book value, but the weak and inconsistent profits make it hard to call the shares clearly cheap or strong.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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