---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000101984-22-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UEIC"
cik: "0000101984"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:51:35.467557+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UEIC Q4 net loss $6.3M; revenue down 7% YoY; Q1 guidance below prior year

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP net sales $144.9M (down from $156.3M); GAAP net loss $6.3M ($0.49 loss per share).
- Q4 adjusted non-GAAP EPS $0.68 (down from $1.14); adjusted gross margin 28.4% vs 33.6%.
- FY 2021 GAAP revenue $601.6M, net income $5.3M ($0.39 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $3.59.
- Q1 2022 guidance: GAAP revenue $135-145M (vs $150.5M in Q1 2021); adjusted EPS $0.46-0.56.
- Board authorized repurchase of up to 300,000 shares contingent on price over coming months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000101984-22-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UEIC
- cik: 0000101984
- company_name: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101984/000010198422000005/0000101984-22-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101984/000010198422000005/ueic-20220217.htm

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