UTIUniversal Technical Institute, Inc.

$21.84-28% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: insiders net buying, but heavily shorted (+13% of shares).

1 good, 1 to watch, 1 neutral
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Rangebound, no clear trend. Overbought (RSI 82). Price is −32% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction+$335K (90 days to Oct 22, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 22, 2026

Insiders were net buyers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026.

Short interest13% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 11% since the previous count, up from 8.6% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnbehind 87% of the market
vs 200-day avgbottom 7% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How UTI is trading

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. is −28% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 44 points behind the market.

−28%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
−32%

vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend

RSI (14)
82

RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold

Below its 52-week high
57%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$15.55 – $51.19 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$21.84
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+5.5%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
−28%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+219%
vs 50-day average$21.19
+3.1%
52-week high
$51.19
52-week low
$18.47
Annualised volatility
60%
Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$129M
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)−16%
2025+1.6%
2024+105%
2023+86%
2022−14%
2021+21%
2020−16%
2019+111%
2018+52%
2017−18%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan106 of 10+4.5%
Feb107 of 10+5.9%
Mar104 of 10−1.8%
Apr106 of 10+3.7%
May105 of 10+3.3%
Jun105 of 10−0.46%
Jul117 of 11+3.7%
Aug113 of 11−2.9%
Sep112 of 11−6.7%
Oct116 of 11+2.3%
Nov108 of 10+23%
Dec105 of 10+3.0%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.