Growth Metrics

Universal Logistics Holdings (ULH) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2025)

Universal Logistics Holdings posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.19 for Q4 2025, up 32.77% year-on-year from 0.15 in Q4 2024, and up 300.23% on a QoQ basis from 0.1 in Q3 2025.

Universal Logistics Holdings (ULH) has 15 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.19 in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 32.77% year-over-year to 0.19; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.27 (down 238.65% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.27, down 238.65% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 stood at 0.19, up from 0.1 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 4.74 in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 1.66 in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.04 (2024), against an average of 0.12.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio surged 6363.75%; it then tumbled 204.7% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.31 in 2021, then surged by 123.38% to 0.07 in 2022, then jumped by 6363.75% to 4.74 in 2023, then slumped by 96.92% to 0.15 in 2024, then jumped by 32.77% to 0.19 in 2025.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.19 (Q4 2025), 0.1 (Q3 2025), and 0.05 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.19
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn -
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - -
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 2.62
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.31
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -2.19
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.10
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.82
10 Universal Logistics Holdings 422.83 Mn 385.63 Mn 339.25 Mn 0.19

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.19
Sep 27, 2025 -0.10
Jun 28, 2025 -0.05
Mar 29, 2025 0.09
Dec 31, 2024 0.15
Sep 28, 2024 -0.05
Jun 29, 2024 -0.04
Mar 30, 2024 -0.09
Dec 31, 2023 4.74
Sep 30, 2023 -0.05
Jul 1, 2023 -0.34
Apr 1, 2023 0.08
Dec 31, 2022 0.07
Oct 1, 2022 0.10
Jul 2, 2022 -0.84
Apr 2, 2022 0.16
Oct 2, 2021 -0.31
Jul 3, 2021 -1.66
Apr 3, 2021 0.15
Apr 4, 2020 -0.75
Sep 28, 2019 1.32
Jun 29, 2019 0.10
Mar 30, 2019 0.16
Dec 31, 2018 0.35
Sep 29, 2018 0.38
Jun 30, 2018 1.00
Mar 31, 2018 0.23
Dec 31, 2017 -0.61
Sep 30, 2017 0.20
Jul 1, 2017 0.36
Apr 1, 2017 0.24
Dec 31, 2016 -0.18
Oct 1, 2016 -0.11
Jul 2, 2016 -0.85
Apr 2, 2016 0.85
Dec 31, 2015 0.12
Sep 26, 2015 0.13
Jun 27, 2015 0.20
Mar 28, 2015 0.22
Dec 31, 2014 0.22
Sep 27, 2014 0.25
Jun 28, 2014 18.49
Mar 29, 2014 1.30
Dec 31, 2013 0.14
Dec 31, 2012 12.54
Sep 29, 2012 0.58
Jun 30, 2012 0.30
Mar 31, 2012 0.67
Dec 31, 2011 0.18