Universal Technical Institute runs campus-based training for automotive, diesel, collision repair, welding and HVAC technicians, along with its Concorde Career Colleges and NASCAR Technical Institute brands. Its moat is mostly brand and manufacturer partnerships: the OEM-sponsored programs with Ford, GM, Toyota and similar makers feed students into dealer networks that keep recruiting from the same schools, and that pipeline is hard to replicate in a few years. Revenue growth of 7.2% is the number to watch, since management is trying to convert enrollment gains into operating leverage; the 2.0% operating margin says that conversion has not happened yet. The stock trades at 34.2 times trailing earnings and 27.2 times forward, a premium that assumes margin expansion arrives on schedule. The score of 37/100 and the absence of index membership reflect that the market has not yet paid for that expansion, so the question for a deeper look is whether a 55.1% gross margin can be carried down to operating profit as campus costs are absorbed.
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| Date | Type | New | Previous | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026, 14:06 CEST | Rating | Overvalued | first publication | $20.81 |
| 20 Oct 2026, 14:06 CEST | Fair value | $17.56 | $25.40 | $20.81 |
| 15 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $25.40 | $30.86 | $20.66 |
| 12 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | ACCE price target | $19.50 | first publication | $20.64 |
| 11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $30.86 | $18.42 | $20.64 |
| 6 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $18.42 | $19.18 | $19.38 |
| 4 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $19.18 | $16.42 | $19.38 |
| 30 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $16.42 | $17.18 | $18.47 |
| 28 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $17.18 | $18.12 | $20.30 |
| 22 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $18.12 | $18.56 | $21.47 |
Answered from Universal Technical Institute Inc Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.
| Company | Price | Fair value | vs fair value | P/E | ROE | Quality | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc Common Stock | $21.85 | $18 | 24% above | 35.8x | 10.5% | 46 | 37 |
| AFYA Afya Limited Class A Common Shares | $14.91 | $32 | 53% below | 9.1x | 16.7% | 86 | 75 |
| ACAD.ST AcadeMedia AB (publ) | kr 109.60 | kr 252 | 57% below | 11.4x | 14.0% | 51 | 66 |
| COUR Coursera Inc. Common Stock | $5.07 | $15 | 66% below | - | -15.2% | 43 | 45 |
| APEI American Public Education Inc. Common Stock | $48.86 | $37 | 31% above | 19.7x | 15.6% | 64 | 64 |
| PXED Phoenix Education Partners Inc. Common Stock | $24.57 | $40 | 39% below | 10.6x | 25.3% | 86 | 53 |
| STRA Strategic Education Inc. Common Stock | $81.59 | $105 | 22% below | 13.6x | 8.2% | 71 | 71 |
Where UTI ranks against its sector peers on each metric.