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Universal Corporation (UVV)

NYSE / Consumer Defensive / Tobacco

Share price

40.43 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

1.01B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Jun 1, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
16, FY2010 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

4.0% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

31.10x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

7.9% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 2.07B USDFY2017 Net income: 106.3M USDFY2018 Revenue: 2.03B USDFY2018 Net income: 105.7M USDFY2019 Revenue: 2.21B USDFY2019 Net income: 104.1M USDFY2020 Revenue: 1.89B USDFY2020 Net income: 71.7M USDFY2021 Revenue: 1.97B USDFY2021 Net income: 87.4M USDFY2022 Revenue: 2.09B USDFY2022 Net income: 86.6M USDFY2023 Revenue: 2.55B USDFY2023 Net income: 124.1M USDFY2024 Revenue: 2.72B USDFY2024 Net income: 119.6M USDFY2025 Revenue: 2.92B USDFY2025 Net income: 95.0M USDFY2026 Revenue: 2.89B USDFY2026 Net income: 32.6M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
6 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 31.10x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 25.00x and 40.00x.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (135 companies), 31.10x sits at the 73rd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 13.84x to 33.63x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 4.0% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of capital" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns below the usual cost of the capital employed.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (102 companies), 4.0% sits at the 33rd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 2.7% to 14.1%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 2.28x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Speculative grade" (1.50x to 3.00x), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table.

Year by year against peers
Whether Universal Corporation's return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Consumer Defensive sector, year by year. (FY2019 to FY2026, 8 fiscal years of Universal Corporation with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Universal Corporation's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Universal Corporation)
What could explain it
What in Universal Corporation's filed statements could explain the movements. (11 readings drawn from the statement lines Universal Corporation filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Universal Corporation, and where in its filings. (5 questions for Universal Corporation)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Universal Corporation's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (16 of sixteen figures read for Universal Corporation)

These are UVV’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-039511.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Universal Corporation: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax4.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Return on equity2.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Return on capital employed, pre-tax7.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Return on assets1.2% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Gross margin16.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Operating margin5.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Net margin1.1% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
UVV 1.1%
SENEA 2.6%OFRM -3.3%APEI 4.9%AVO 2.7%COUR -6.7%
-6.7%4.9%
Net margin: UVV against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Universal Corporation: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.66 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Current ratio3.49 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Quick ratio3.49 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Interest coverage2.28x ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Altman Z-score2.90 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Net debt877.6M ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Total assets 2.77BTotal liabilities 1.31BShareholders' equity 1.42BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Universal Corporation owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511).

Universal Corporation: balance sheet position
Total assets2.77B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026
Total liabilities1.31B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026
Shareholders' equity1.42B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026
Cash62.2M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026
Total debt939.8M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026
Net debt877.6M
Current ratio3.49
Debt to equity0.66

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Universal Corporation: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings31.10x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
P/E on trailing twelve months55.14x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book0.72x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Price to sales0.35x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Enterprise value to EBIT11.25x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Enterprise value to EBITDA8.54x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Diluted earnings per share1.30 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Graham number40.56 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value UVV on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Universal Corporation today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Universal Corporation: valuation
Share price40.43 USD
Market capitalisation1.01B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA8.54x
Graham number40.56 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20261.30 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 6.52x, median 14.41x, high 77.10x, latest 55.14x. 2,520 trading days with a meaningful ratio. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Universal Corporation

  1. Seneca Foods Corporation (SENEA)Market cap 1.19B USD
  2. Once Upon A Farm Pbc (OFRM)Market cap 724.8M USD
  3. American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)Market cap 899.2M USD
  4. Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO)Market cap 1.06B USD
  5. Coursera, Inc. (COUR)Market cap 1.35B USD

Same sector (Consumer Defensive) and size band (Small, 300M to 2B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Universal Corporation: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield7.9% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Free cash flow80.3M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Free cash flow margin2.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Dividend yield8.2% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Payout ratio249.1% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
FY2017 Free cash flow: 214.7M USDFY2017 Net income: 106.3M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 47.2M USDFY2018 Net income: 105.7M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 125.8M USDFY2019 Net income: 104.1M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: -24.3M USDFY2020 Net income: 71.7M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 154.3M USDFY2021 Net income: 87.4M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: -8.3M USDFY2022 Net income: 86.6M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: -65.2M USDFY2023 Net income: 124.1M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: -140.6M USDFY2024 Net income: 119.6M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 264.4M USDFY2025 Net income: 95.0M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 80.3M USDFY2026 Net income: 32.6M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Universal Corporation: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
31.10xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.72xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
11.25xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
7.9%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
4.0%FY2026Jun 1, 2026
8.2%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.66FY2026Jun 1, 2026
3.49FY2026Jun 1, 2026
0.35xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a This figure compares a year against the one before it, and we hold one filed year for this company.
2.90FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-2.24FY2026Jun 1, 2026
5/9FY2026Jun 1, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 16 filed fiscal years on record, FY2010 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Universal Corporation filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Universal Corporation: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20262.89B168.5M32.6M1.3080.3M5.8%2.3%10-K, Jun 1, 20260001628280-26-039511
FY20252.92B232.8M95.0M3.78264.4M8.0%6.5%10-K, May 30, 20250000102037-25-000028
FY20242.72B222.0M119.6M4.78-140.6M8.2%8.3%10-K, May 29, 20240000102037-24-000014
FY20232.55B181.1M124.1M4.97-65.2M7.1%8.9%10-K, May 25, 20230000102037-23-000025
FY20222.09B160.3M86.6M3.47-8.3M7.7%6.5%10-K, May 27, 20220000102037-22-000015
FY20211.97B147.8M87.4M3.53154.3M7.5%6.7%10-K, May 28, 20210000102037-21-000012
FY20201.89B126.4M71.7M2.86-24.3M6.7%5.8%10-K, May 28, 20200000102037-20-000024
FY20192.21B161.2M104.1M4.11125.8M7.3%7.8%10-K, May 24, 20190000102037-19-000022
FY20182.03B170.8M105.7M4.1447.2M8.4%7.9%10-K, May 25, 20180000102037-18-000012
FY20172.07B178.4M106.3M0.88214.7M8.6%8.3%10-K, May 26, 20170000102037-17-000030
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 3.8%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: -12.3%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 4.4%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: -10.4%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Universal Corporation: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.24 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Piotroski F-score5/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 1, 2026, 0001628280-26-039511
Named tests met6 of 30 Computed
Beta0.10 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 6 met, 24 not met, 0 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Does not
Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; ROIC at or above WACC; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Cash-covered dividend; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Figures we could not read(1)
  • PEG Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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Next step

What to do with what you have read.

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What this cannot tell you

  • One figure could not be read on this company: PEG Ratio.

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