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Universal Corporation

UVV Consumer Defensive Tobacco

Universal Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $2.9 billion, down 0.77% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
−17.6%
EPS
−63.2%
Free cash flow
−551.2%
Total debt
−0.19%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

41.08 1.33 +3.35%
Market cap
$1.0B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
13.0×
Dividend yield
8.03%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.05
Beneish M
−2.67
Dividend safety
32/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 0.50
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — 2 — — — 1 — 1 — — —
Insider Ownership 3.15%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 1,020.00
Revenue ttm 2,722.15
Net income ttm 15.85
Free cash flow ttm 35.71
Net debt Q 569.99
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E 13.00
Price / sales 0.38
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 28.83
Price / book 0.72
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.54 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.43 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 2.32
Growth
Revenue growth Q −17.55% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −36.96% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +20.45% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +24.21% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A −6.85% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs −18.11% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next 5 yrs A −0.14% (below 0%: weak)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.6×, against a ten-year median of 0.8×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.6× in 2026 to 1.0× in 2022.
P/S against its own 10 years 0.77%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.62%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 4.44%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 93.06%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised every year since 2018

Yield
8.03%
Annual rate
3.30
Payout ratio
440.0%
Growth, 2018–26
+3.02%/yr
  1. 2.60 ’18
  2. 3.02 ’19 +16
  3. 3.06 ’20 +1
  4. 3.10 ’21 +1
  5. 3.14 ’22 +1
  6. 3.18 ’23 +1
  7. 3.22 ’24 +1
  8. 3.26 ’25 +1
  9. 3.30 ’26 +1
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 56 260 62 47
Receivables 531 633 576 —
Inventory 1,264 996 1,036 —
Other 233 247 275 181
2,103 2,156 1,972 2,211
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 110 100 91 101
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 17 4 3 5
711 750 564 869

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.27% 8.08% 4.40%
Cash Flow (3.61%) (10.15%) 0.00%
Earnings (10.06%) (17.88%) (35.92%)
Book Value 0.06% 1.62% 0.56%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q2 FY27 Estimate 0.58 Actual 0.39

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q3 FY26 1.92 1.35 Miss by 0.57
Q4 FY26 1.08 −0.46 Miss by 1.54
Q1 FY27 0.25 −0.18 Miss by 0.43
Q2 FY27 0.58 0.39 Miss by 0.19
Q3 FY27 1.75 — Reports 8 February 2027

EPS $

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 (0.20) 0.50 — — —
’26 0.34 1.36 1.32 (1.73) 1.30
’25 0.01 1.03 2.37 0.37 3.78
’24 (0.08) 1.12 2.12 1.61 4.78
’23 0.27 0.88 1.67 2.15 4.97
’22 0.26 0.78 1.40 1.03 3.47
’21 0.29 0.30 1.34 1.58 3.53
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 524 622 — — —
’26 594 754 861 715 2,924
’25 597 711 937 702 2,947
’24 518 638 822 771 2,749
’23 430 651 795 694 2,570
’22 350 454 653 647 2,104
’21 316 377 673 618 1,983
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 (117) (97) — — —
’26 (205) 33 114 187 129
’25 (62) 15 216 159 327
’24 (104) 114 (57) (28) (75)
’23 (226) (120) 162 173 (11)
’22 (127) 6 69 96 45
’21 0 (150) 189 182 220
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 (133) (110) — — —
’26 (217) 24 101 178 86
’25 (84) 0 200 153 268
’24 (122) 100 (71) (46) (138)
’23 (241) (131) 150 157 (64)
’22 (140) 7 54 83 5
’21 (8) (163) 180 157 166
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to March

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,071 2,034 2,227 1,910 1,983 2,104 2,570 2,749 2,947 2,924 2,722 +3.9% 2,724 2,838 — (1.5%)
Gross margin, % 19.06 18.29 18.26 18.68 19.46 19.44 17.83 19.50 18.62 17.51 16.48 (1.5) pt
EBT 169 167 151 113 126 142 142 164 154 103 51 (5.4%)
EBT margin, % 8.17 8.19 6.79 5.93 6.34 6.76 5.52 5.97 5.23 3.51 1.86 (4.7) pt
Net income 113 116 110 78 96 104 130 133 113 56 16 (7.5%)
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 88.39 80.47 88.63 76.45 80.44 84.95 103.73 110.60 118.14 116.80 108.63 +3.1%
Earnings 0.89 4.18 4.14 2.87 3.55 3.50 5.01 4.81 3.81 1.30 (0.10) +4.3%
Cash flow 10.68 3.21 6.55 0.44 8.94 1.81 (0.43) (3.00) 13.11 5.16 3.50 (7.8%)
Capex (1.43) (1.14) (1.54) (1.41) (2.22) (1.62) (2.16) (2.57) (2.36) (1.72) (2.07) +2.1%
Free cash flow 9.25 2.07 5.00 (0.97) 6.72 0.19 (2.59) (5.57) 10.75 3.44 1.43 (10.4%)
Book value 56.61 54.81 54.91 51.61 54.69 55.92 58.00 59.51 60.15 58.36 56.82 +0.3%
Shares, m 23 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 +0.7%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 65.51 11.50 14.12 15.40 16.66 16.59 10.56 10.61 14.71 40.54 0.00 21.6
P/S 0.80 0.60 0.66 0.58 0.73 0.68 0.51 0.46 0.47 0.45 0.38 0.6
P/B 1.25 0.88 1.07 0.86 1.08 1.04 0.91 0.86 0.93 0.90 0.72 1.0
EV/Sales 0.90 0.72 0.75 0.78 0.96 0.95 0.77 0.71 0.64 0.68 0.63 0.8
EV/FCF 8.58 28.02 13.22 (61.02) 11.43 425.73 (30.88) (14.08) 6.99 23.13 48.12 41.1
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 250 81 165 11 220 45 (11) (75) 327 129 88 (7.1%)
Capex (33) (29) (39) (35) (55) (40) (54) (64) (59) (43) (52) +2.8%
Free cash flow 217 52 126 (24) 166 5 (64) (138) 268 86 36 (9.7%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,293 1,321 1,334 1,212 1,262 1,229 1,361 1,391 1,406 1,407 1,342 +0.9%
Net debt 85 135 71 261 321 437 552 562 358 555 570 +23.2%
Shareholders’ equity 1,327 1,385 1,380 1,289 1,348 1,385 1,437 1,479 1,501 1,461 1,424 +1.1%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.96 4.92 4.84 3.37 3.92 3.51 4.75 4.29 3.21 1.13 (0.08) +0.2 pt
ROIC 7.90 7.02 6.94 5.09 5.53 5.50 5.69 6.80 7.83 5.22 3.51 (2.7) pt
ROE 1.63 7.79 7.53 5.37 6.63 6.34 8.79 8.20 6.38 2.20 (0.17) +0.6 pt
People
People Employees 24,000 24,000 28,000 24,000 20,000 25,000 28,000 27,000 28,500 25,000 — +0.5%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.12 — +3.4%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Mar 2026 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 4 Nov 2026

Universal Corporation vs peers in Tobacco (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PM Philip Morris International Inc. $314.1B 29.5× 28.3× +5.47% (above 0%: growing) −4.93% (below 0%: shrinking) +21.31% (above 0%: growing) 68.67% 42.54% Compare
BTI British American Tobacco p.l.c. $135.6B 8.0× 13.9× +0.62% (above 0%: growing) +13.60% (above 0%: growing) +12.44% (above 0%: growing) 69.38% 0.00% Compare
MO Altria Group, Inc. $129.1B 16.1× 14.1× +0.99% (above 0%: growing) +6.83% (above 0%: growing) −1.35% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.27% 54.03% Compare
RLX RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR $1.5B 15.3× 12.2× +21.90% (above 0%: growing) +30.00% (above 0%: growing) −129.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.03% 14.22% Compare
TPB Turning Point Brands, Inc. $1.4B 28.4× 55.2× +22.57% (above 0%: growing) −77.78% (below 0%: shrinking) +235.11% (above 0%: growing) 65.55% 11.69% Compare
AIIR Air Global PLC $1.2B 285× — — n/m −487.91% (below 0%: shrinking) 56.58% (46.44%) Compare
UVV Universal Corporation $1.0B — (loss-making) 13.0× −17.55% (below 0%: shrinking) −63.24% (below 0%: shrinking) −551.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.29% 6.86%
ISPR Ispire Technology Inc. $82.6M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +32.55% (above 0%: growing) n/m −26.12% (below 0%: shrinking) 6.32% (50.72%) Compare
RYM RYTHM, Inc. $35.4M 5.1× — (loss-making) +490.08% (above 0%: growing) n/m +217.62% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
Median of peers $1.4B 16.1× 14.1× +21.90% +6.83% +5.55% 60.43% 5.85%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 1 July 2026

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 2.20%
BlackRock, Inc. 15.00%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 7.70%
Vanguard Portfolio Management 7.20%
Vanguard Capital Management 5.10%
State Street Corporation 5.00%
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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