Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.210–0.110 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of -0.020. The company issued revenue guidance of $87.0 million-$97.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $98.2 million.

Universal Electronics Price Performance

NASDAQ:UEIC traded down $0.43 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $9.22. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 67,123 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,852. Universal Electronics has a 1 year low of $7.53 and a 1 year high of $14.20. The stock has a market cap of $120.14 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.50, a PEG ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 1.19. The business’s fifty day moving average is $10.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $9.79.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on UEIC shares. StockNews.com lowered shares of Universal Electronics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. B. Riley upgraded shares of Universal Electronics from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $11.00 to $14.00 in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities upgraded shares of Universal Electronics from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $15.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, November 8th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Paul D. Arling sold 13,185 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.73, for a total transaction of $154,660.05. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 283,615 shares in the company, valued at $3,326,803.95. This represents a 4.44 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 9.37% of the company’s stock.

About Universal Electronics

Universal Electronics Inc designs, develops, manufactures, ships, and supports control and sensor technology solutions in the United States, the People’s Republic of China, rest of Asia, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. The company offers voice-enabled automatically-programmed universal two-way radio frequency, as well as infrared remote controls to video service providers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), retailers, and private label customers; wall-mount and handheld thermostat controllers and connected accessories for smart energy management systems to OEM customers, hotels, hospitality, and system integrators; proprietary and standards-based RF sensors for residential security, safety, and home automation applications; and integrated circuits on which its software and universal device control database is embedded to OEMs, video service providers, and private label customers.