UL Solutions (ULS)
NYSEIndustrialsSpecialty Business ServicesSnapshot 2026-09-04
$73.83-1.07%
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NYSEIndustrialsSpecialty Business ServicesSnapshot 2026-09-04
QuarterlyIQ Insights · ULS
Price, fair value, and the multiples that frame it on the same time axis. Scroll over the price chart to zoom.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots inline.
A consensus fair price across 11 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-09-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $74 the market pays 35× p/e — above the 27× p/e peer median but in line with its own 42× history. That premium reflects a durable franchise our peer-anchored $50 fair value understates; treat the 'expensive vs peers' read with medium confidence. Even valued only for durable growth at sustainable margins, it's worth about $76 — above today's price, so the premium reflects that growth case, not pure multiple expansion. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Score 100 = cheapest in the cohort, 0 = richest. Bars are filled left-to-right based on the peer-relative score (or PEG/self-history where shown).
Each method's implied share price per horizon. Provisional rows use a projected (historical-CAGR) growth input rather than analyst or management guidance.
| Method | Horizon | Est. price | Multiple | Per-share input | EPS source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dcf fcfe | 12M | $47.64 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| dcf fcff | 12M | $109.59 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| graham number | 12M | $19.32 | — | — | TTM | high |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | 12M | $40.01 | 13.6 | 2.93 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 12M |
A “consensus-then vs. actual-now” overlay is on the way — what our valuation estimate said on a past date versus where the price actually landed.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Top 10% on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Only expensive valuation — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack. Regime (Mania) does not concentrate fragility.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
At today's price you pay about 139% over what the business is worth with no growth; closing that gap needs roughly 33.0 years of the forecast growth to come through. These describe the expectations embedded in the price, not a forecast of the move. Reverse-DCF base: $1.50/sh owner earnings.
Looks more expensive than peers.
Cheaper than its own typical valuation.
Trailing four: 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1, 2026-Q2
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
| $32.86 |
| 15.4 |
| 2.14 |
| TTM |
| high |
| Peer P/E | 12M | $56.07 | 26.8 | 2.09 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/S | 12M | $26.58 | 1.7 | 15.42 | TTM | high |
| PEG | 12M | $102.14 | 48.9 | 2.09 | TTM | high |
| residual income | 12M | $13.92 | — | — | TTM | high |
| Own P/E history | 12M | $88.64 | 42.4 | 2.09 | TTM | high |
| triangulated | 12M | $60.98 | 26.8 | 2.27 | Triangulated | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 3Y | $49.97 | 15.4 | 3.25 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 3Y | $78.58 | 26.8 | 2.93 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 3Y | $32.83 | 1.7 | 19.05 | Analyst | medium |
| PEG | 3Y | $143.16 | 48.9 | 2.93 | Analyst | medium |
| Own P/E history | 3Y | $124.23 | 42.4 | 2.93 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 5Y | $66.08 | 15.4 | 4.30 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | high |
| Peer P/E | 5Y | $90.16 | 26.8 | 3.36 | Analyst | high |
| Peer P/S | 5Y | $37.67 | 1.7 | 21.85 | Analyst | high |
| PEG | 5Y | $164.25 | 48.9 | 3.36 | Analyst | high |
| Own P/E history | 5Y | $142.53 | 42.4 | 3.36 | Analyst | high |