ULH | Market Cap: $392.4M (07/13/26)
Industry:
Transportation

DESCRIPTION

Universal Logistics Holdings is a North American transportation and logistics company. Its core business is contract logistics — deeply embedded, value-added logistics services for large industrial manufacturers, primarily in the automotive sector. Universal's teams operate directly inside customer facilities, handling material sequencing, sub-assembly, kitting, cross-docking, and warehousing to keep assembly lines running. These services operate under multi-year contracts, making them sticky and recurring. Automotive customers account for roughly 45% of total revenues, with General Motors alone representing about 25% of total revenues. Beyond contract logistics, Universal provides intermodal drayage (moving containers between ports or railheads and customer facilities) and trucking services across dry van, flatbed, heavy haul, and refrigerated. Universal also manages rail terminal operations for Class I and regional railroads through its 2024 acquisition of Parsec, adding a revenue stream tied to rail traffic volumes rather than OEM production cycles. Contract logistics accounts for roughly two-thirds of revenues, intermodal about 18%, and trucking about 14%. Universal sells through a direct sales organization and a network of roughly 131 independent agents. Earnings are volatile quarter-to-quarter, as contract logistics margins move sharply with automotive production volumes. Universal's growth strategy focuses on M&A in a fragmented logistics market, diversifying its customer base into aerospace, healthcare, and consumer goods, and building out a specialized heavy-haul wind energy freight operation.

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