UL Solutions (ULS)
NYSEIndustrialsSpecialty Business ServicesSnapshot 2026-10-29
$75.46+4.23%
Close 2026-10-29 · 1-day change
NYSEIndustrialsSpecialty Business ServicesSnapshot 2026-10-29
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
A booming industry is a tailwind for the names in it; a contracting one is a headwind. Companies in the same industry tend to rise and fall together with the cycle, the way a tide lifts and lowers every boat in the harbor at once, so a large part of a stock’s swing can come from where its industry sits rather than from the company itself. It’s context for reading the company’s results, not a buy/sell call. Full explanation →
Diversified Support Services is in steady. Describes the industry's cycle state, not a call on this stock.
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Primary pillar under pressure — Adjusted EBITDA margin near 27%: Comparison needs review.
View ThesisRevenue is growing steadily — about 7% over the past year.
View GrowthMiddle-of-the-pack quality for its industry.
View QualityManagement screens strong on capital allocation, earnings delivery, margins, the balance sheet.
View ManagementExpectations look high — the market is pricing in about 38% growth a year, above the roughly 9% analysts expect, leaving little room for error.
View ValuationThis stock is volatile — it swings about 1% on a typical day and fell roughly 39% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskUL Solutions’ testing and certification growth, including expanded electrical and electronics services, must support its premium. Revenue growth slowed from 7.5% to 5.2% year over year, despite a Q2 FY2026 earnings beat. It trades at 35× P/E versus a 23× peer median. The market is pricing in more growth than our forecast. A 29% next-quarter miss probability and the 34% peer-based valuation gap expose the premium to pressure. The adjusted EBITDA margin comparison needs review, so its pressure remains unverified. Peer multiples imply a price about 34% below where it trades; the thesis is on watch. This read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-10-29. ULS is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 13 analysts currently covering ULS (as of Oct 2026).
Based on 3 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for ULS in the last 4 months.
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A consensus fair price across 11 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-10-29. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Diversified Support Services — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
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Advances: Complete acquisition of Eurofins Electrical & Electronics business
Acquisition aligns with growth objectives and enhances market position.
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End-of-day figures as of 2026-10-29. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
Current $75.46
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $75.46.
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A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Top 10% on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Advances: Achieve mid-single digit constant currency organic revenue growth
Retail data initiative supports organic revenue growth objective.
Threatens: Achieve adjusted EBITDA margin improvement to approximately 27%
Profit number indicates potential cost issues affecting margins.
Advances: Achieve mid-single digit constant currency organic revenue growth
New software platform supports organic revenue growth objective.
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