UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INST INC UTI
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 913915104
Private for-profit system of technical colleges throughout the United States
* 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 ($675.0k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 55.1m as of 2026-07-31, 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 ≈ $42.76. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($35.9m notional), 8 hold puts ($22.1m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 99 |
| Q4 2022 | 98 |
| Q1 2023 | 101 |
| Q2 2023 | 98 |
| Q3 2023 | 102 |
| Q4 2023 | 131 |
| Q1 2024 | 166 |
| Q2 2024 | 177 |
| Q3 2024 | 184 |
| Q4 2024 | 203 |
| Q1 2025 | 226 |
| Q2 2025 | 265 |
| Q3 2025 | 244 |
| Q4 2025 | 228 |
| Q1 2026 | 246 |
| Q2 2026 | 263 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 91 | 80 |
| Q4 2024 | 109 | 79 |
| Q1 2025 | 121 | 94 |
| Q2 2025 | 153 | 111 |
| Q3 2025 | 133 | 132 |
| Q4 2025 | 119 | 127 |
| Q1 2026 | 131 | 124 |
| Q2 2026 | 153 | 105 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $22.0m | $1.6m | 0.07 |
| Q4 2025 | $5.3m | $13.3m | 2.49 |
| Q1 2026 | $26.1m | $18.0m | 0.69 |
| Q2 2026 | $35.9m | $22.1m | 0.62 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +3.9m |
| Shannon River Fund Management LLC | New | +890.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +882.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +854.2k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO | Added | +847.6k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC | Added | +762.2k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Added | +743.1k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Added | +668.3k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +420.4k |
| Praetorian PR LLC | Added | +350.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Coliseum Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -3.0m |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -682.2k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -634.3k |
| Militia Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -401.0k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Reduced | -389.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Reduced | -387.8k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Sold out | -333.7k |
| Westwind Capital | Sold out | -292.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -269.0k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -233.7k |
Biggest calls
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $17.5m410.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $5.9m137.8k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $3.8m89.3k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $3.4m79.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.2m50.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.8m41.1k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $1.2m27.1k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $188.2k4.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $7.4m172.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $6.2m145.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.8m112.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.9m44.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $1.2m28.7k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $269.5k6.3k shares |
| Potomac Capital Management, Inc. | New | $213.8k5.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $128.3k3.0k 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 |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-10-27 | 14.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Coliseum Capital Management, LLC (1.8%, 2026-06-10), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $67.7m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $49.0m | $3.5m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 6 | $86.8m | $8.6k |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | $254.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | $30.8m | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 7 | $6.1m | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 5 | $129.0m | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | $334.7k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | DEVINCENZI ROBERT THOMAS Director | Bought | $19.7k1.0k shares |
| 2026-09-21 | DEVINCENZI ROBERT THOMAS Director | Bought | $19.8k1.0k shares |
| 2026-08-27 | DEVINCENZI ROBERT THOMAS Director | Bought | $21.8k1.0k shares |
| 2026-08-25 | DEVINCENZI ROBERT THOMAS Director | Bought | $21.8k1.0k shares |
| 2026-08-12 | DEVINCENZI ROBERT THOMAS Director | Bought | $25.9k1.0k shares |
| 2026-08-10 | DEVINCENZI ROBERT THOMAS Director | Bought | $225.7k8.0k shares |
| 2026-06-29 | Grant Jerome Alan Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $3.9m94.5k shares |
| 2026-06-22 | Prehn Kevin Concorde Division President | Sold | $181.8k4.5k shares |
| 2026-06-08 | COLISEUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. +4 Director · See Footnotes | Sold | $124.2m3.0m shares |
| 2026-06-05 | Kline Christine Senior Vice President and CAO | Sold | $155.5k3.5k shares |
| 2026-05-11 | SRERE LINDA J Director | Sold | $548.9k15.0k 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 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.6m $323.1m | Added +3.9m |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.79% of their portfolio | 3.0m $128.3m | Added +847.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $110.5m | Added +882.6k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 2.5m $106.9m | Added +743.1k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $94.6m | Added +38.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $80.9m | Added +854.2k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.7m $70.7m | Reduced -135.2k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 1.6m $66.6m | Reduced -28.2k |
| Praetorian PR LLC 18.40% of their portfolio | 1.4m $57.7m | Added +350.0k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 0.36% of their portfolio | 1.3m $55.5m | Reduced -682.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $55.1m | Reduced -9.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $53.9m | Reduced -176.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $53.0m | Added +69.9k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.41% of their portfolio | 1.2m $51.2m | Added +167.6k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 1.10% of their portfolio | 1.2m $50.5m | Reduced -110.7k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $48.8m | Added +668.3k |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.45% of their portfolio | 1.1m $48.3m | Added +100.0k |
| PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 2.32% of their portfolio | 1.1m $46.9m | Added +19.2k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.1m $46.0m | Added +169.5k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 1.0m $44.5m | Added +762.2k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 984.0k $42.1m | Reduced -389.9k |
| Coliseum Capital Management, LLC 3.57% of their portfolio | 971.4k $41.5m | Reduced -3.0m |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 956.4k $40.9m | Added +420.4k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 2.15% of their portfolio | 949.4k $40.6m | Reduced -5.7k |
| Shannon River Fund Management LLC 3.40% of their portfolio | 890.1k $38.1m | New |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 810.0k $34.6m | Reduced -634.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 797.1k $34.1m | Added +254.2k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 740.4k $31.7m | Reduced -387.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 722.5k $30.9m | Added +264.8k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 606.1k $25.9m | Added +3.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 582.1k $24.9m | Reduced -269.0k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.03% of their portfolio | 579.8k $24.8m | Reduced -15.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 568.1k $24.3m | Added +34.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 564.2k $24.1m | Added +46.5k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 507.7k $21.7m | Reduced -59.2k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 503.4k $21.5m | Added +99.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 496.2k $21.2m | Added +88.1k |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. 1.82% of their portfolio | 489.1k $20.9m | Unchanged |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 476.0k $20.4m | Reduced -181.0k |
| RBF Capital, LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 475.8k $20.4m | Unchanged |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 475.1k $20.3m | Reduced -67.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 465.7k $19.9m | Added +55.2k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 358.8k $15.3m | Added +11.1k |
| Pillsbury Lake Capital LLC 3.78% of their portfolio | 321.6k $13.8m | Added +101.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 319.0k $13.6m | Added +64.4k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 315.0k $13.5m | New |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 300.0k $12.8m | Unchanged |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 291.7k $12.5m | Reduced -15.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 283.7k $12.1m | Added +137.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 280.4k $12.0m | Added +77.0k |
| Pembroke Management, LTD 0.84% of their portfolio | 276.0k $11.8m | Added +113.1k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 261.3k $11.2m | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 260.9k $11.2m | Added +71.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 247.4k $10.6m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 243.4k $10.4m | Added +121.3k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 241.1k $10.3m | Reduced -2.3k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 228.4k $9.8m | Added +70.0k |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. 0.88% of their portfolio | 219.1k $9.4m | Added +30.7k |
| Militia Capital Management LLC 1.54% of their portfolio | 199.0k $8.5m | Reduced -401.0k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.08% of their portfolio | 195.5k $8.4m | Reduced -9.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 176.8k $7.6m | Added +37.1k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 174.1k $7.4m | New |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 163.9k $7.0m | Reduced -16.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.6k $6.2m | Added +30.6k |
| Guardian Wealth Management, Inc. 2.97% of their portfolio | 141.5k $6.1m | Reduced -1.6k |
| LEUTHOLD GROUP, LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 136.5k $5.8m | Reduced -7.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.8k $5.7m | Added +66.0k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 127.3k $5.4m | Added +106.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 123.9k $5.3m | Added +72.6k |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 123.0k $5.3m | Added +16.8k |
| Resolute Capital Asset Partners LLC 2.22% of their portfolio | 121.3k $5.2m | Added +50.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.2k $5.1m | Added +59.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 117.8k $5.0m | Added +59.3k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 108.9k $4.7m | Reduced -1.7k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.1k $4.5m | Added +37.3k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 100.7k $4.3m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 99.4k $4.3m | Reduced -7.9k |
| ISTHMUS PARTNERS, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 97.5k $4.2m | Added +272 |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L 0.04% of their portfolio | 91.6k $3.9m | Unchanged |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 90.0k $3.8m | Reduced -45.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.7k $3.7m | Added +7.9k |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.2k $3.7m | Reduced -33.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.4k $3.7m | Reduced -14.6k |
| LONESTAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.34% of their portfolio | 85.0k $3.6m | Unchanged |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.25% of their portfolio | 84.1k $3.6m | Reduced -535 |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.0k $3.6m | Added +3.2k |
| Park West Asset Management LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 78.6k $3.4m | Reduced -131.6k |
| MYDA Advisors LLC 0.78% of their portfolio | 75.0k $3.2m | Added +25.0k |
| Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC 0.93% of their portfolio | 65.8k $2.8m | Reduced -149.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.6k $2.4m | Added +19.8k |
| CHATHAM CAPITAL GROUP, INC. 0.35% of their portfolio | 63.3k $2.7m | Added +1.7k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 60.2k $2.6m | Added +49.5k |
| Polymer Capital Management (HK) LTD 0.26% of their portfolio | 60.0k $2.6m | New |
| SMA Capital LLC 1.08% of their portfolio | 60.0k $2.6m | Reduced -15.0k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 57.6k $2.5m | Added +40.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.7k $2.4m | Reduced -10.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.5k $2.4m | Reduced -3.5k |
| Montanaro Asset Management Ltd 0.73% of their portfolio | 54.1k $2.3m | Reduced -12.6k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.7k $2.3m | Added +4.2k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.9k $2.2m | Added +44.5k |