UVE
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.
UVE's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 6.1x earnings, below its usual 10x. Analysts expect earnings to fall sharply.
UVE Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
UVE's profitability is currently strong, and its revenue is stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like UVE.
UVE PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 6.1x | $48.57 | — |
| Cheap | 7x | $55.89 | +15% |
| Fair | 10x | $82.24 | +69% |
| Forward | 13x | $48.57 | — |
| Expensive | 24x | $195 | +302% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
UVE's PE is in its cheap range at 6.1x. Analysts expect earnings to fall, which would put today's price at 13x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
UVE Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong decline | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect UVE's earnings and profitability to decline, with its revenue holding steady.
UVE Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.88 | -51% |
| Q3 2026 | $8.00 | +89% |
| Q2 2026 | $7.58 | +231% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.75 | +195% |
| Q4 2025 | $6.31 | +217% |
| Q3 2025 | $4.24 | +72% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.29 | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.29 | -10% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.99 | -9.5% |
UVE earned $8.00 per share over the past year, up 89% from the year before.
UVE Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $439.3M | +9.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $427M | +6.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $393.6M | -0.3% |
| Q4 2025 | $407.9M | +6% |
| Q3 2025 | $401M | +3.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $400.1M | +5.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $394.9M | +7.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $384.8M | +2.5% |
UVE's revenue is growing: $439M last quarter, up 9.6% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 16% | +2.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +7.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 18% | +4.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 22% | +20 points |
| Q3 2025 | 13% | +18 points |
| Q2 2025 | 12% | -1 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 1.9% | -5 points |
UVE's operating margin was 16% last quarter, up 2.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
UVE Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $82M | +34% |
| Q2 2026 | $100.2M | -4.8% |
| Q1 2026 | $153.2M | -17% |
| Q4 2025 | $25M | +$127.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $61.3M | -24% |
| Q2 2025 | $105.2M | +47% |
| Q1 2025 | $185.5M | +133% |
| Q4 2024 | -$102.2M | -$101.4M |
UVE's free cash flow was $360M over the past year, up 44% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like UVE.
UVE Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.5% | +142K shares |
| 1 year | +1.3% | +377K shares |
| 3 years | -1.5% | -432K shares |
| 5 years | -6.9% | -2.2M shares |
| Available history | -15% | -5M shares |
UVE has 29M diluted shares, up 1.3% from a year ago, despite $26M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $7.5M |
| Q2 2026 | $4.5M |
| Q1 2026 | $7.1M |
| Q4 2025 | $6.9M |
| Q3 2025 | $8.1M |
| Q2 2025 | $7.4M |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | $7.7M |
UVE spent $26M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 12% from the year before.
UVE Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -1.5x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -1.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.3x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.9x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.2x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
UVE has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like UVE.
UVE Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 66.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 69.2 | Neutral |
UVE's weekly RSI is 66 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 69 (neutral).
UVE PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | UVE | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 6.1x | 13x | 53% below |
| PE % | 10 | 63 | 53 pts below |
UVE is trading at 6.1x earnings, a 53% discount to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
UVE Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $46.5 | 4.5% above |
| 20 week MA | $44.3 | 9.5% above |
| 50 week MA | $38.5 | 26% above |
| 100 week MA | $31.7 | 53% above |
| 200 week MA | $24.6 | 98% above |
UVE is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 98% above its 200-week average.
UVE Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $28.0 | $14.8 | -47% |
| 2021 | $14.8 | $16.8 | +14% |
| 2022 | $16.8 | $11.0 | -35% |
| 2023 | $11.0 | $16.0 | +46% |
| 2024 | $16.0 | $20.6 | +29% |
| 2025 | $20.6 | $33.8 | +64% |
| 2026 YTD | $33.8 | $48.6 | +44% |
UVE has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 44% so far in 2026.