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Universal Electronics Inc. UEIC

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$368.3M
▼ 6.7% YoY
$-18.6M
$19.8M
▲ 92.7% YoY

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

In brief

What this company does

Universal Electronics designs, develops, manufactures, ships and supports home entertainment control products, technology and software solutions, climate control solutions, wireless sensor and smart home control products, and audio-video accessories. The company's business is comprised of one reportable segment. It has two domestic subsidiaries and 22 international subsidiaries, located in Brazil, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the People's Republic of China, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. Sales to Daikin Industries Ltd. accounted for 18.3% of its net sales for the year ended December 31, 2025. It operates manufacturing and assembly factories in the PRC, Vietnam and Brazil. As of December 31, 2025, it employed 3,099 members of staff across its worldwide facilities. Universal Electronics Inc. was incorporated under the laws of Delaware in 1986 and began operations in 1987.

Written from the business description in UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 368.3M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $M Net income $M
FY2025 · Revenue 368.3 · Net income -18.6
300M600M-40M-80M
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
−12.1%
−9.7%
−4.8%
+0.7%
−38.1%
−29.5%
−28.4%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at −9.7% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

−5 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating -1.7% · Net -5.1%
2%4%6%-10%-20%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE -12.4%
5%10%-20%-40%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin28.9%
Operating margin-1.7%
Net margin-5.1%
EBITDAUSD 7.8M

Each USD of equity lost 12 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 3.1M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 19.8
25.0M50.0M-15.0M-30.0M
200920172025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends · · Net buybacks 3.1
40M80M
200920112013201520172019202120232025
Dividends paid·
Net buybacksUSD 3.1M
Share of profit-16.6%
Consecutive raises·

USD 3.1M in buybacks went back to shareholders in a year without profit.

Total assetsUSD 274.0M
EquityUSD 146.2M
CashUSD 32.3M
Current ratio1.72×

Equity funds 53% of total assets.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
UEIC, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B0.40.40.40.50.60.60.80.70.70.70.60.60.50.50.50.30.3
Operating income $B−0.0−0.0−0.10.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
EBITDA $B0.00.0−0.10.00.10.10.00.00.00.10.10.10.10.00.00.00.0
Income tax $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Net income $B−0.0−0.0−0.10.00.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Free cash flow $B0.00.00.0−0.00.00.10.1−0.0−0.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
EPS, diluted $−1.41−1.85−7.640.030.392.720.260.85−0.721.381.882.011.471.101.311.071.05
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌
Payout % — not applicable: no dividend—————————————————
ROE %−12.4−14.5−43.90.11.813.11.44.6−3.87.610.210.78.56.99.07.98.6

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 83 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009. Two checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityHousehold Audio & Video Equipment
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
SEC categorysmaller reporting company
Data on record since2009

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