Stout served as the exclusive financial advisor to Universal Motion Components (UMC) in connection with its sale to a privately held company.

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, UMC is the leading provider of highly engineered motion control and powertrain products serving OEM and aftermarket channels, with a primary focus on the mechanized irrigation end market. Since its founding in 1978, UMC has been at the forefront of innovation in mechanized irrigation, continuously developing solutions to meet the evolving needs of the agricultural industry.