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ULS

UL Solutions Inc.

Next earnings Aug 3, 2026 · consensus $0.57 EPS, $824M rev

Last earnings +16.2% on 2026-05-05

Hold
$99.05
▲ +3.36%
$99.05▲ +39.52%
over 1Y
L $62.21EODHDH $104.74
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+3.4%
1W+10.4%
1M-1.4%
3M+18.2%
YTD+22.8%
1Y+39.5%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Hold
Quality
C
Valuation
Overvalued
Filings
Watch
Hold
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
12-mo target
$•••
Street · 17 analysts
Buy

A wide-moat safety-science leader with strong returns, but a 57x multiple already prices in the steady growth.

Revenue (FY2025) $3.05B · FY2025

The read

Middling fundamentals and a rich price (~77% above fair value) leave little margin of safety — a wait-and-see.

UL Solutions is a high-quality testing, inspection and certification (TIC) franchise built on the 130-year-old UL brand, serving 80,000+ customers across 110 countries with 650+ accreditations against 4,000+ standards. The economics are excellent: FY2025 revenue grew 6.4% to $3.05B, operating income rose 13.0% to $522M (a 17.1% operating margin), and the business earns a 25.8% return on equity while converting earnings to cash strongly — operating cash flow of $600M (+14.5%) on $197M of capex. The TIC model benefits from structural tailwinds the 10-K cites: emerging technologies, evolving safety regulations, more global trade and shorter product lifecycles all expand the outsourced testing market.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$2.52B$2.68B$2.87B$3.05B
Gross profit————
Operating income$412M$368M$462M$522M
Net income$293M$260M$326M$325M
Diluted EPS$1.47$1.30$1.62$1.60
Net margin11.6%9.7%11.4%10.6%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value—
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield—
FCF yield—

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)23.5%
Free cash flow$403M
Total debt$491M
Net cash-$196M
Piotroski F-Score6/7

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. 8-K Officer / director change2026-06-03
  2. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-05-22
  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-05
  4. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-05
  5. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-04-13
  6. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-04-02
  7. 8-K Earnings results2026-02-19
  8. 10-K Annual report2026-02-19
  9. 8-K Other event2025-12-05

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
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Quality score

C
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueF
GrowthC-
ProfitabilityA-
Financial healthB+
Momentum—
  • ✓Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✓Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✓Net margin above 10%
  • ✓Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
  • ✗P/E below 25

Fair value est.

$22.97

Overvalued -77% vs price

cheapfair valueexpensive

Modified Graham: EPS $1.60 × (8.5 + 1.5 × 3.0% growth) × 1.10 quality = 14.4× multiple. An estimate, not a price target.

Revenue
$3.05B
+6.4% YoY
Net margin
10.6%
ROE
25.8%
P/E
61.9

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$3.05B+6.4%
Net income$325M-0.3%
Operating income$522M+13.0%
Diluted EPS$1.60-1.2%
Cash & equivalents$295M-1.0%
Total assets$2.92B+4.3%
Total liabilities$1.63B-12.9%
Stockholders' equity$1.26B+39.6%
Op.: 17.1%L/E: 1.29x

Frequently asked

Is UL Solutions Inc. (ULS) a buy?
ULS currently carries a Hold rating with 3/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. A wide-moat safety-science leader with strong returns, but a 57x multiple already prices in the steady growth.
What is ULS's fair value?
A Modified-Graham model based on ULS's SEC fundamentals estimates a fair value of about $22.97. It is an estimate from reported earnings, not a price target.
Is ULS overvalued or undervalued?
Against a Modified-Graham fair-value estimate, ULS currently appears overvalued relative to its SEC-grounded earnings power.
What is UL Solutions Inc.'s quality score?
ULS scores 58.25490196078431/100 (grade C) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001901440, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-05) · EODHD · analysis by claude-code · as of 6/21/2026, 8:42:16 PM.

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Dividends

Quarterly
Yield (TTM)
0.6%
Annual / share
$0.55
Last ex-date
2026-05-29
Last amount
$0.15
ex 2026-05-29paid 2026-06-08$0.15
ex 2026-03-02paid 2026-03-12$0.15
ex 2025-11-28paid 2025-12-08$0.13
ex 2025-08-29paid 2025-09-08$0.13
ex 2025-05-30paid 2025-06-09$0.13
ex 2025-02-28paid 2025-03-10$0.13

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-05Beat +20.1% est▲ +16.25%8-K ↗
2026-02-19Beat +16.6% est▲ +15.99%8-K ↗
2025-11-04Beat +18.6% est▲ +10.62%8-K ↗
2025-08-05Miss -4.9% est▼ -11.51%8-K ↗
2025-05-06—▲ +12.29%8-K ↗
2025-02-20—▼ -2.82%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Recent news

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Vs tracked universe

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1043 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score58 vs 67
Revenue growth6.4% vs 7.1%
Net margin10.6% vs 10.5%
Return on equity25.8% vs 12.3%
P/E61.9 vs 25.5

News sentiment

EODHD · 26d
Bullish
+0.18
vs typical · 48 articles

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.