Unisys Corporation (UIS)Technology | Information Technology Services | Blue Bell, United States | NYSE
2.69 USD
-0.03
(-1.103%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.69 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:44 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Unisys is structurally broken. The company is hemorrhaging value, evidenced by a crushing 60% decline over the last nine years and a single-digit revenue growth rate that confirms a secular decline in its core business. Fundamentally, the picture is dire: negative profit margins, negative book value, and a trailing P/E that is mathematically impossible due to losses. While the forward P/E looks cheap, it relies entirely on a turnaround that hasn't materialized yet, as the stock recently fell on earnings. There is no dividend to provide income, and the balance sheet is impaired with debt exceeding cash. The options market agrees with this bearish view, with traders aggressively buying puts to hedge against further deterioration. Despite the low share price and high beta offering volatility, the lack of earnings power and the multi-year downtrend make this a dangerous speculative trap rather than a value opportunity. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.518756 |
| AutoETS | 0.538853 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.541045 |
| MSTL | 0.559676 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 31% |
| H-stat | 10.68 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.361 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.78 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1990-06-17 |
| Last Dividend Date | 1990-06-17 |
| Revenue per Share | 27.088 |
| Market Cap | 196,143,920 |
| Forward P/E | 2.55 |
| Beta | 1.90 |
| Profit Margins | -21.65% |
| Website | https://www.unisys.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest significantly exceeds call open interest across all expirations, with deep out-of-the-money puts showing massive accumulation relative to calls. The heavy concentration of put volume at strikes below the current price suggests a 'bet against' thesis, while call activity is sparse and concentrated at distant strikes, indicating limited speculative appetite for a rally.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-06-18 | 2.500000 | 1.739130 |
| 1990-03-16 | 2.500000 | 1.587302 |
| 1989-12-15 | 2.500000 | 1.754386 |
| 1989-10-03 | 2.500000 | 1.273885 |
| 1989-06-19 | 2.500000 | 1.000000 |
| 1989-03-17 | 2.500000 | 0.921659 |
| 1988-12-30 | 2.500000 | 0.888889 |
| 1988-10-03 | 2.500000 | 0.775194 |
| 1988-06-17 | 2.500000 | 0.682594 |
| 1988-03-18 | 2.300000 | 0.664260 |
| 1987-12-18 | 2.300000 | 0.666667 |
| 1987-09-08 | 2.300000 | 0.571429 |
| 1987-06-30 | 2.300000 | 0.559838 |
| 1987-04-01 | 2.166667 | 0.670103 |
| 1986-12-31 | 2.166667 | 0.812500 |
| 1986-10-01 | 2.166667 | 0.933573 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.2879581 |
| Address1 | 801 Lakeview Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 496.875 |
| All Time Low | 1.97 |
| Ask | 2.76 |
| Ask Size | 800 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 604,800 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 879,508 |
| Average Volume | 879,508 |
| Average Volume10Days | 604,800 |
| Beta | 1.897 |
| Bid | 2.69 |
| Bid Size | 2,500 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | -4.115 |
| City | Blue Bell |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.69 |
| Current Ratio | 1.409 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 2.75 |
| Day Low | 2.645 |
| Display Name | Unisys |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,412,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,412,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 93,100,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.047849998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.94 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.332 |
| Enterprise Value | 646,143,936 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.644 |
| Eps Forward | 1.056 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -5.83 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 645,667,200 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 3.2942 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.6041999 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.18341324 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -28.795809 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.98 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.29 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.45983934 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.97 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.72 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.36548224 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.97 - 4.98 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 76,253,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 59.62 |
| Float Shares | 61,065,654 |
| Forward Eps | 1.056 |
| Forward P E | 2.5473485 |
| Free Cashflow | 151,237,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 15,000 |
| Fullday Change | -0.03 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.10294 |
| Fullday Price | 2.69 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.28641 |
| Gross Profits | 557,299,968 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.11137 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.81604 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 72,915,955 |
| Industry | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Disp | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Key | information-technology-services |
| Ir Website | http://www.unisys.com/unisys/about/investorrelations.jsp?id=202 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 645,667,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 2.5 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,256,515,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:10 |
| Long Business Summary | Unisys Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an information technology solutions company in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Digital Workplace Solutions (DWS); Cloud, Applications & Infrastructure Solutions (CA&I); and Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS). The DWS segment provides service, intelligent workplace services, proactive experience management, field services, unified endpoint management (UEM), device subscription services (DSS), experience-as-a-service (XaaS), and collaboration tools. Its CA&I segment offers application development and managed services, hybrid multi-cloud transformation and managed services, security managed services, and digital transformation in the areas of cloud migration and management, applications and infrastructure transformation, and modernization solutions. The ECS segment provides license and support solutions, such as ClearPath Forward, a proprietary core software operating system, product, and platform for transaction processing, managed services, computing, and industry solutions. It also offers advice and essential capabilities to architect, develop, modernize, implement, and integrate the technologies and execute the workflows. The company serves financial services, travel and transportation, healthcare and life sciences, public sector entities, and not-for-profit organizations. Unisys Corporation was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. |
| Long Name | Unisys Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 196,143,920 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_310310 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -421,300,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 198,331,397 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 2.73 |
| Operating Cashflow | 112,200,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.02851 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.36 |
| Phone | 215 986 4011 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 2.69 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 2.72 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 4.1770186 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -0.653706 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.10080375 |
| Profit Margins | -0.21652001 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.158 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.03 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.10294 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.75 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.645 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.645 - 2.75 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.73 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.72 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.69 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 605,017 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02447 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.02 |
| Revenue Per Share | 27.088 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 72,915,955 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0732 |
| Shares Short | 5,338,739 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,889,427 |
| Short Name | Unisys Corporation New |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.08270001 |
| Short Ratio | 6.88 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | PA |
| Symbol | UIS |
| Target High Price | 6.0 |
| Target Low Price | 3.25 |
| Target Mean Price | 4.8125 |
| Target Median Price | 5.0 |
| Total Cash | 324,300,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.448 |
| Total Debt | 758,800,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,945,799,936 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -5.83 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.3556 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.89195 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.20194983 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.06983172 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 605,017 |
| Website | https://www.unisys.com |
| Zip | 19,422 |