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UL Solutions

ULS
64
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Price
$75.06
-0.20 (-0.27%)
Market Cap
$15.09B
Winston Score
64
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed
Dividends
Mixed

Share count rising — dilution

+1.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 200.0M (2021) → 203.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

UL Solutions helps companies test and certify their products to make sure they are safe and meet legal requirements. It serves manufacturers across industries like electronics, appliances, medical devices, and industrial equipment. The company is best known for the "UL" safety mark, one of the most recognized certification labels in the world, which appears on billions of products sold globally.

UL Solutions earns money by charging fees for testing, inspection, and certification services, as well as software and advisory services that help clients manage safety and compliance data. It operates in over 40 countries and generates roughly $3 billion in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is the trust and recognition built around the UL mark over more than a century, which makes switching to a lesser-known certifier difficult for most manufacturers. The key risk is that slower global industrial production or regulatory changes could reduce demand for new product certifications.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+171.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

1.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$434M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

UL Solutions is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
51.1%
Healthy — 51.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
18.4%
Healthy — 18.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
28.5%
Exceptional — 28.5% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+6.6%
Slow sales growth (+6.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+54.0%
Earnings growing fast (+54.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
135%
Turns 135% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
13.9%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.9%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.24
Conservative — low debt load (0.24)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
17.57x
Comfortably covers interest (17.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
29.9x
Growth-priced — P/E 29.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-2.6
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.77%
Small dividend — 0.77% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+9.7%
Dividend growing modestly (9.7% YoY)

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