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UL Solutions Inc. (NYSE:ULS) Stock Rockets 26% As Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected

Simply Wall St·05/28/2025 12:30:39
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Despite an already strong run, UL Solutions Inc. (NYSE:ULS) shares have been powering on, with a gain of 26% in the last thirty days. Looking back a bit further, it's encouraging to see the stock is up 81% in the last year.

Following the firm bounce in price, UL Solutions' price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 43.1x might make it look like a strong sell right now compared to the market in the United States, where around half of the companies have P/E ratios below 17x and even P/E's below 10x are quite common. However, the P/E might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

UL Solutions certainly has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing earnings more than most other companies. The P/E is probably high because investors think this strong earnings performance will continue. You'd really hope so, otherwise you're paying a pretty hefty price for no particular reason.

See our latest analysis for UL Solutions

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NYSE:ULS Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry May 28th 2025
Keen to find out how analysts think UL Solutions' future stacks up against the industry? In that case, our free report is a great place to start.

How Is UL Solutions' Growth Trending?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should far outperform the market for P/E ratios like UL Solutions' to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew earnings per share by an impressive 29% last year. As a result, it also grew EPS by 25% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders would have probably been satisfied with the medium-term rates of earnings growth.

Looking ahead now, EPS is anticipated to climb by 10% each year during the coming three years according to the eleven analysts following the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the market is forecast to expand by 10% per annum, which is not materially different.

In light of this, it's curious that UL Solutions' P/E sits above the majority of other companies. Apparently many investors in the company are more bullish than analysts indicate and aren't willing to let go of their stock right now. Although, additional gains will be difficult to achieve as this level of earnings growth is likely to weigh down the share price eventually.

What We Can Learn From UL Solutions' P/E?

UL Solutions' P/E is flying high just like its stock has during the last month. It's argued the price-to-earnings ratio is an inferior measure of value within certain industries, but it can be a powerful business sentiment indicator.

Our examination of UL Solutions' analyst forecasts revealed that its market-matching earnings outlook isn't impacting its high P/E as much as we would have predicted. Right now we are uncomfortable with the relatively high share price as the predicted future earnings aren't likely to support such positive sentiment for long. Unless these conditions improve, it's challenging to accept these prices as being reasonable.

Before you take the next step, you should know about the 1 warning sign for UL Solutions that we have uncovered.

It's important to make sure you look for a great company, not just the first idea you come across. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with strong recent earnings growth (and a low P/E).

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