UNIVERSAL ELECTRS INC UEIC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 913483103
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryHousehold Audio & Video Equipment
- HeadquartersScottsdale, AZ
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($607.1k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 12.9m as of 2023-08-01, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $9.62. Options: 2 managers hold calls ($2.9k notional), 4 hold puts ($642.6k).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 116 |
| Q4 2022 | 112 |
| Q1 2023 | 113 |
| Q2 2023 | 98 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 49 | 55 |
| Q1 2023 | 62 | 66 |
| Q2 2023 | 43 | 72 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q4 2022 | $22.9k | $14.1k | 0.62 |
| Q1 2023 | $1.5m | $743.5k | 0.50 |
| Q2 2023 | $2.9k | $642.6k | 222.67 |
Biggest buyers
| AMH Equity Ltd | New | +250.0k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +244.7k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | Added | +178.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +144.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +132.8k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | New | +85.9k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +74.2k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +66.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +63.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +54.0k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -535.0k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -265.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -207.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -184.2k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Sold out | -170.1k |
| STRS OHIO | Sold out | -157.2k |
| Lapides Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -129.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -113.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | Reduced | -108.9k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -92.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.9k300 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $557.0k57.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $51.0k5.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $34.6k3.6k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 13G · institution +5.1 pts · filed 2026-09-04 | 13.2% |
| TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC 13D · may seek influence -1.9 pts · filed 2026-09-11 | 9.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Leviticus Partners LP (4.9%, 2026-05-14), Kent Lake PR LLC (4.9%, 2025-11-18)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 1 | $207.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 2 | $97.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | $10.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-05 | PONTUAL ROMULO Director | Bought | $10.0k1.2k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 709.2k $6.8m | Reduced -4.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 697.3k $6.7m | Added +132.8k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 586.0k $5.6m | Added +10.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 537.0k $5.2m | Reduced -13.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 517.6k $5.0m | Reduced -184.2k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 379.6k $3.6m | Added +244.7k |
| Lapides Asset Management, LLC 2.10% of their portfolio | 334.0k $3.2m | Reduced -129.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 320.8k $3.1m | Reduced -207.6k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 313.1k $3.0m | Added +28.1k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 308.3k $3.0m | Reduced -535.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 301.5k $2.9m | Added +29.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 266.4k $2.6m | Added +178.6k |
| AMH Equity Ltd 2.75% of their portfolio | 250.0k $2.4m | New |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 247.6k $2.4m | Added +54.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 227.4k $2.2m | Reduced -42.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 213.0k $2.0m | Added +34.4k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 205.2k $2.0m | Added +10.5k |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 195.3k $1.9m | Added +8.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 172.3k $1.7m | Added +66.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 155.5k $1.5m | Added +63.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.5k $1.4m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.3k $1.2m | Reduced -113.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.4k $1.1m | Added +8.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.4k $1.0m | Added +15.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.6k $832.8k | Added +74.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.9k $853.7k | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.1k $780.5k | Reduced -17.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.9k $653.4k | Reduced -16.0k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 67.5k $649.8k | Added +747 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.5k $630.1k | Added +21.3k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.3k $628.4k | Reduced -38.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.3k $618.9k | Reduced -24.2k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.4k $561.5k | Added +33.3k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 56.0k $539.1k | Reduced -28.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.2k $531.2k | Reduced -2.8k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.5k $476.4k | Reduced -17.3k |
| Petrus Trust Company, LTA 0.05% of their portfolio | 45.9k $441.5k | Added +20.8k |
| Clearstead Advisors, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 44.2k $425.1k | Added +1.2k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.8k $382.5k | Added +11.2k |
| Foundry Partners, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 38.4k $369.7k | Reduced -710 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.2k $367.9k | Added +4.4k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 38.0k $366.0k | Added +18.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.7k $343.7k | Reduced -1.7k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 34.0k $327.0k | Reduced -15.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.2k $309.7k | Reduced -75.9k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.6k $284.3k | New |
| EA Series Trust 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.6k $284.3k | First filing |
| Wellington Shields & Co., LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 27.3k $262.8k | Reduced -1.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.5k $254.6k | New |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.5k $254.5k | Reduced -18.2k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.7k $237.4k | Reduced -59 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $215.7k | Reduced -54.3k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 22.3k $214.5k | Reduced -31.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.0k $192.1k | Reduced -7.9k |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 19.5k $187.3k | Reduced -2.6k |
| Palouse Capital Management, Inc. 0.13% of their portfolio | 18.9k $182.1k | New |
| Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 18.2k $174.6k | Reduced -4.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $175.0k | Reduced -2.3k |
| Man Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.7k $170.2k | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.1k $164.1k | New |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.9k $163.0k | Added +8.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.9k $162.4k | Reduced -49.5k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.6k $159.4k | Added +5.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.5k $159.2k | Reduced -108.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.4k $158.1k | Added +7.0k |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.7k $151.0k | New |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.8k $123.5k | Added +847 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.8k $123.0k | Reduced -69.3k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.3k $118.7k | New |
| SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.0k $115.7k | Reduced -1.3k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.4k $100.1k | Reduced -379 |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.8k $94.3k | Reduced -16.4k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.1k $40.0k | Unchanged |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.0k $38.5k | Reduced -8.8k |
| Gladius Capital Management LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.3k $32.1k | Added +1.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0k $19.2k | Reduced -3.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9k $18.0k | Reduced -6.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4k $13.6k | Reduced -17.8k |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 948 $9.0k | New |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 937 $9.0k | Reduced -7.9k |
| Stephens Consulting, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 600 $5.8k | Unchanged |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 538 $5.2k | Added +263 |
| Investors Research Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 500 $4.8k | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 492 $4.7k | Reduced -844 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 331 $3.2k | Reduced -42.4k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 218 $2.1k | Added +30 |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.00% of their portfolio | 217 $2.0k | Unchanged |
| Covestor Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 179 $2.0k | Added +50 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 138 $1.3k | Reduced -2.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118 $1.1k | Added +116 |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 100 $962 | Reduced -7.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 93 $895 | Reduced -9.4k |
| Concord Wealth Partners 0.00% of their portfolio | 50 $481 | Unchanged |
| Versant Capital Management, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 45 $433 | Unchanged |
| FARMERS & MERCHANTS INVESTMENTS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 9 $87 | Unchanged |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8 $77 | Reduced -92 |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 7 $67 | Unchanged |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 0 $0 | Unchanged |