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UL Solutions Inc. (ULS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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UL Solutions provides testing, inspection and certification services, along with related software and advisory work. Its industrial arm checks equipment and materials for energy, automation, engineered materials and the built environment.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ULS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 50, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-02
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +1.6% week · −0.1% month · −8.7% quarter · +0.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-02
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
How it trades on rate days beta 0.75 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How ULS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.75 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), UL Solutions Inc. moved 0.75% on average · correlation 0.17 · higher than 69% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.85 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.59% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.66% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Specialty Business Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Business Services · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ULS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — UL Solutions Inc.

ULS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
UL Solutions provides testing, inspection and certification services, along with related software and advisory work. Its industrial arm checks equipment and materials for energy, automation, engineered materials and the built environment. Its consumer arm certifies safety and performance for electronics, medical devices, appliances and other connected products. The software and advisory arm sells ULTRUS, a platform that helps manufacturers track regulation, supply chains and sustainability. The company traces back to 1894, is based in Northbrook, Illinois, and operates as a subsidiary of ULSE Inc.; it listed on the market in 2024.
Where it sits in the stack
UL Solutions holds no seat in Rubin, the diary's AI build-out index; it belongs instead to the Industrials sleeve of the wider Closelooknet universe, grouped with other US industrial names the diary scores on a common basis rather than placed against any build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored US industrials sharing its sector and country, among them Nordson, Cintas, Verisk Analytics, Applied Industrial Technologies and Sunbelt Rentals; the market more often names Intertek as its direct certification rival.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries no index seat but does hold a Closelooknet score, with cash quality its strongest module and momentum its weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares steady against their moving averages, since a quality-led score sits against a momentum reading that recent flow lists mark among the weaker names.

UL Solutions Inc. (ULS) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 53/100 composite (momentum 21, quality 71, valuation 34) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Baird, 2026-09-24

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for ULS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Baird — target 85 from 95 Target cut to $85 from $95 (+30% to spot) 2026-09-24

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.75%, quarterly · last 0.15 USD on 2026-08-31

Dividends and capital return

What ULS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.57 USD per share · a 0.75% yield on the 2026-11-02 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-02
  • Change on the year +44.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.39 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.15 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.52 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.44 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 104 m USD 37% of earnings
  • Share count +1.0% in FY2025 47 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 104 m USD · 26% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-03

Quick answers

What is UL Solutions Inc. (ULS)?

UL Solutions Inc. trades as ULS on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-03.

Is ULS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — UL Solutions Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-03.

What is UL Solutions Inc.'s Closelooknet composite score?

53 out of 100, with momentum 21, quality 71 and valuation 34 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-03. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ULS trade against its moving averages?

UL Solutions Inc. trades 6.3% above its 50-day and 8.8% below its 200-day moving average (3.8% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-02 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does UL Solutions Inc. compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Specialty Business Services · US), UL Solutions Inc. (ULS) sits 29.9% below its 52-week high, 6.3% above its 50-day average; Cintas Corporation (CTAS) is 3.0% below, Copart Inc (CPRT) is 34.3% below, Wolters Kluwer NV (WTKWY) is 19.5% below, as of 2026-11-02. Put any of them next to ULS in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does UL Solutions Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year UL Solutions Inc. had a beta of 0.75 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 69% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.59% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-02; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does UL Solutions Inc. do?

UL Solutions provides testing, inspection and certification services, along with related software and advisory work. Its industrial arm checks equipment and materials for energy, automation, engineered materials and the built environment. Its consumer arm certifies safety and performance for electronics, medical devices, appliances and other connected products. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored US industrials sharing its sector and country, among them Nordson, Cintas, Verisk Analytics, Applied Industrial Technologies and Sunbelt Rentals; the market more often names Intertek as its direct certification rival. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does UL Solutions Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

UL Solutions holds no seat in Rubin, the diary's AI build-out index; it belongs instead to the Industrials sleeve of the wider Closelooknet universe, grouped with other US industrial names the diary scores on a common basis rather than placed against any build-out layer. It carries no index seat but does hold a Closelooknet score, with cash quality its strongest module and momentum its weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does UL Solutions Inc. pay a dividend?

UL Solutions Inc. has paid 0.57 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.75% on the 2026-11-02 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.15 USD on 2026-08-31. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 104 m USD in dividends, 26% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 1.0% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-02; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on UL Solutions Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on UL Solutions Inc. on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Baird on 2026-09-24 (target 85 from 95). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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