Universal Corporation (UVV)

NYSE: UVV · USD

$39.5

-0.08 (-0.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	983M
Revenue (ttm)	2.9B
Net income (ttm)	19.1M
EPS (ttm)	$0.76
Shares out	24.9M
P/E (trailing)	51.8x
P/E (forward)	11.7x
Dividend	$3.32 (8.42%)
Volume	273,347
Beta	0.57

Market data

Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.9B
Net income (ttm): 19.1M
EPS (ttm): $0.76
P/E (trailing): 51.8x
P/E (forward): 11.7x
Market cap: 983M

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E11.7

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Trailing P/E51.8

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ROE2.3

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ROIC3.5

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000102037
Company name	Universal Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	913456109
Earnings date	2026-11-09
Earnings time	amc
Employees	11,250
Employees change	-150
Employees growth	-1.32%
Enterprise value	$2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	March
Founded	1886
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Tobacco
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US9134561094
Last 10-K release date	2026-06-01
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1992-01-02
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$983M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-09
Options	Yes
Price	$39.48
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Staples
SIC code	5150
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	UVV
U.S. state	Virginia
Website	https://www.universalcorp.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	19.54x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	19.65x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	19.06x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	16.76x
Earnings yield	1.93%
EV/Earnings	106.06x
EV/EBIT	11.35x
EV/EBITDA	8.77x
EV/FCF	12.34x
EV/Sales	0.71x
FCF / EV yield	8.1%
FCF yield	16.69%
Forward P/E	11.74x
Graham number	30.89251
Graham upside	-21.89%
Industry forward P/E	16.81x
Industry P/E	21.15x
Lynch fair value	$3.81
Lynch upside	-90.37%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	6.18x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	4.64x
P/B ratio	0.71x
P/E ratio	51.84x
P/FCF ratio	5.99x
P/OCF ratio	4.54x
P/S ratio	0.34x
PEG ratio	11.77x
Price / tangible book value	0.84x
Price/EBITDA ratio	4.26x
Sector forward P/E	21.33x
Sector P/E	28.29x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	6.26%
EBITDA margin	8.1%
Effective tax rate	52.51%
FCF margin	5.76%
Gross margin	17.42%
Operating margin	6.26%
Pretax margin	2.46%
Profit margin	0.67%
Profit per employee	$1,700
Profitable years	32
Revenue per employee	$253,732
ROA	3.59%
ROA (5Y)	4.69%
ROCE	8.26%
ROE	2.28%
ROE (5Y)	7.46%
ROIC	3.53%
ROIC (5Y)	6.86%
SBC / revenue	0.17%
Tax / revenue	1.29%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-81.46%
EPS growth 10Y	-15.15%
EPS growth 3Y	-45.19%
EPS growth 5Y	-26.27%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	24.15%
FCF growth 3Y	45.14%
FCF growth 5Y	50.56%
Gross profit growth	-14.55%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-27.2%
Gross profit growth 3Y	1.45%
Gross profit growth 5Y	3.93%
Net income growth	-81.51%
Net income growth 3Y	-45.03%
Net income growth 5Y	-26.05%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	17.78%
OCF growth 10Y	-3.67%
OCF growth 3Y	24.93%
OCF growth 5Y	18.36%
Operating income growth	-31.55%
Operating income growth (Q)	-93.43%
Operating income growth 3Y	-0.03%
Operating income growth 5Y	-0.28%
Revenue growth	-3.04%
Revenue growth (Q)	-11.79%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-26.77%
Revenue growth 10Y	2.92%
Revenue growth 3Y	2.41%
Revenue growth 5Y	7.19%
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-52.7M
Depreciation and amortization	$52.6M
EBIT	$178.7M
EBITDA	$231.3M
EPS	$0.76
FCF per share	$6.60
Financing cash flow	$-174.7M
Free cash flow	$164.4M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$159.5M
Gross profit	$497.2M
Income taxes	$36.8M
Investing cash flow	$-46.7M
Net borrowing	$-57.7M
Net cash flow	$-4.8M
Net income	$19.1M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$212.2M
Operating income	$178.7M
Revenue	$2.9B
Stock-based compensation	$4.9M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.69
Book value per share	$55.69
Debt / EBITDA	4.73
Debt / equity	0.86
Debt / FCF	7.4
Goodwill	$172.7M
Interest coverage	2.46
Long-term assets	$795.5M
Long-term liabilities	$741.6M
Net cash (debt)	$-1B
Net cash / market cap	-105.98%
Net debt / EBITDA	4.51
Net debt / equity	0.73
Net debt / FCF	6.35
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$411.8M
Shareholders' equity	$1.4B
Tangible book value	$1.2B
Tangible book value per share	$46.90
Total assets	$3B
Total cash	$173.6M
Total debt	$1.2B
Total liabilities	$1.6B
WACC	4.86%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.92
Current assets	$2.2B
Current liabilities	$870.9M
Current ratio	2.57
Inventory turnover	1.58
Net working capital	$1.8B
Quick ratio	0.72
Working capital	$1.4B
Working capital turnover	2.06

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.06%
Dividend growth	1.23%
Dividend growth (10Y)	4.52%
Dividend growth (3Y)	1.24%
Dividend growth (5Y)	1.26%
Dividend growth years	56
Dividend payment date	2026-11-02
Dividend payment years	56
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$3.32
Dividend yield	8.42%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-09
FCF payout ratio	50.29%
Last dividend	$0.83
Payout ratio	435.91%
Shareholder yield	8.35%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-26.02%
10Y return CAGR	2.66%
10Y total return	29.98%
150-day SMA	$49.34
15Y price change	-9.25%
15Y return CAGR	4.54%
15Y total return	94.53%
1D price change	-0.2%
1M price change	-7.42%
1M total return	-5.6%
1W price change	-0.81%
1W total return	-0.81%
1Y price change	-24.5%
1Y return CAGR	-19.32%
1Y total return	-19.31%
20-day SMA	$40.81
200-day SMA	$50.49
20Y price change	6.88%
20Y return CAGR	5.33%
20Y total return	182.51%
3M price change	-26.61%
3M total return	-25.18%
3Y price change	-11.68%
3Y return CAGR	2.19%
3Y total return	6.7%
50-day SMA	$43.11
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$59.38
52-week high date	2026-02-05
52-week low	$38.11
52-week low date	2026-10-21
5Y price change	-16.99%
5Y return CAGR	2.5%
5Y total return	13.11%
6M price change	-26.67%
6M total return	-24.01%
All-time high	$83.35
All-time high date	2017-02-08
All-time low	$1.36
All-time low date	1970-05-26
Average true range (ATR)	$1.04
Average volume	353.1K
Beta (1Y)	-0.33
Beta (2Y)	0.12
Beta (5Y)	0.57
Change from 52-week high	-33.51%
Change from 52-week low	3.6%
Change from all-time high	-52.83%
Change from all-time low	2,793.3%
Change from open	0.05%
Day's gap	-0.25%
Dollar volume	$10.8M
High price	$39.81
Low price	$39.31
Monthly RSI	33.39
Open price	$39.46
Position in 52-week range	34%
Premarket change	-0.15%
Premarket close	$39.56
Premarket price	$39.50
Premarket volume	846
Previous close	$39.56
Price vs 150-day SMA	-20.3%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-3.65%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-22.12%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-8.79%
Relative volume	0.77
RSI	35.74
Sharpe ratio	-0.9
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.05
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.04
Sortino ratio	-0.93
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.28
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.28
Volume	273.3K
Weekly RSI	22.4
YTD price change	-25.46%
YTD total return	-20.33%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	24.5M
Float percentage	98.36%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.08%
Shares change (YoY)	0.06%
Shares held by insiders	1.62%
Shares held by institutions	81.65%
Shares outstanding	24.9M
Short % of float	8.87%
Short % of shares	8.73%
Short ratio	6.2 days

Deeper analysis on UVV

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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