---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000101984-22-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UEIC"
cik: "0000101984"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T23:15:52.457616+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Electronics Q1 net sales down 12% YoY to $132.4M; GAAP loss per share $0.23

## Summary
- GAAP net sales $132.4M vs $150.5M Q1 2021; GAAP operating loss $0.6M vs income $8.6M.
- GAAP net loss per share $0.23; adjusted non-GAAP EPS $0.47 vs $0.98 in Q1 2021.
- Cash and equivalents $62.2M at March 31, 2022, no debt mentioned.
- Q2 2022 guidance: GAAP net sales $133M-$143M; GAAP EPS $0.23-$0.33.
- Expects H2 2022 to be strongest six-month period since 2019, driven by HVAC/home automation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000101984-22-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UEIC
- cik: 0000101984
- company_name: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101984/000010198422000023/0000101984-22-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101984/000010198422000023/ueic-20220505.htm

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