Universal Corporation
General ticker "UVV" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Tobacco
- Capitalization: $1.4B (TTM average)
Universal Corporation does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -31.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.9%: low 45.88$, high 46.72$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-07-13, amount 0.83$ (Y7.17%)
- Total employees count: 28500 (+5.6%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 19.9% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-03-31
- Top business risk factors: Tobacco quality failure, Customer concentration, Crop yield variability, Climate change and natural disasters, Food safety concerns
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2026-03-31 to 2028-03-30
- 2026-03-31 to 2027-03-31 estimated range: [39.96$, 57.49$]
- 2027-03-31 to 2028-03-30 estimated range: [41.65$, 59.63$]
Financial Metrics affecting the UVV estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 19.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 1.98
- Positive: 6.77 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 9.89
- Positive: -4.23 < Operating profit margin, % of 7.23
- Negative: negative Industry operating cash flow (median)
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -5.17 <= -0.14
- Positive: 42.26 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 51.16 <= 63.63
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -3.29 <= -0.64
- Negative: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.99 > 0.79
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Financial data
| YTD | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,748.57MM | $2,947.28MM | $2,924.47MM |
| Operating Expenses | $2,526.56MM | $2,714.49MM | $2,713.12MM |
| Operating Income | $222.01MM | $232.80MM | $211.34MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-57.93MM | $-78.58MM | $-108.69MM |
| Interest Expense | $66.27MM | $79.64MM | $74.04MM |
| Income(Loss) | $164.08MM | $154.22MM | $102.65MM |
| Taxes | $31.11MM | $40.95MM | $46.66MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $119.60MM | $95.05MM | $32.64MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $1,437.21MM | $1,458.56MM | $1,415.40MM |
| Inventory | $1,403.16MM | $1,165.33MM | $1,213.12MM |
| Assets | $2,937.24MM | $2,989.55MM | $2,766.77MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-74.63MM | $326.97MM | $129.10MM |
| Capital expenditure | $66.01MM | $62.60MM | $48.83MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-60.00MM | $-58.82MM | $-42.96MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $125.67MM | $-63.23MM | $-284.34MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $4.81 | $3.81 | $1.30 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.