Universal Corporation (UVV) Stock

About Universal Corporation

Universal Corporation is led by CEO Preston Douglas Wigner, employs 10,800 people, headquartered in US, publicly traded since 1988.

Universal Corporation (UVV) stock trades at $39.29 with a market capitalization of $978.29M. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 55.53, price-to-book of 0.76, price-to-sales of 0.37. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $38.22 and $59.38, and currently trades 33.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 7.87%.

On profitability, Universal Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 1.33%, return on capital employed of 8.18%, an operating margin of 8.28%, a net profit margin of 0.67%.

Universal Corporation by the numbers, 2017–2026

Between 2017 and 2026 Universal Corporation reported revenue of $2.1B rising to $2.9B, a change of +41.2% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 8.1% a year over five years, 4.4% over three, -0.8% over the last twelve months. Net profit fell to $33.0M.

Operating margin went from 8.6% in 2017 to 7.2% in 2026, a fall of 1.4 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 0.67%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $2.9B and net profit $19.0M.

Borrowings rose from $428.0M to $940.0M, cash from operations was $129.0M in the latest year, positive in 8 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 6.5% over five years, and was 2.3% in the most recent year.

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