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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 11.8%, EPS fell 158.8%, free cash flow grew 38.8% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.

40.55 0.12 +0.30%
Market cap
$1.0B
P/E
53.4×
Fwd P/E
12.5×
Dividend yield
8.14%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.05
Beneish M
−2.67
Dividend safety
32/100
Mar '17 Mar '18 Mar '19 Mar '20 Mar '21 Mar '22 Mar '23 Mar '24 Mar '25 Mar '26
Piotroski F-Score
3 4 7 4 6 3 4 4 5 5
P/E ratio
65.51 11.50 14.12 15.40 16.66 16.59 10.56 10.61 14.71 40.54
Altman Z-Score
3.91 3.57 3.92 3.29 3.23 2.90 3.08 2.84 2.93 3.05
P/S ratio
0.80 0.60 0.66 0.58 0.73 0.68 0.51 0.46 0.47 0.45
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
7.90 8.01 8.23 7.43 6.90 6.12 6.50 5.98 5.96 6.26
P/FCF ratio
7.65 23.18 11.71 0.00 8.78 307.08 0.00 0.00 5.21 15.32
P/Operating CF
24.54 9.30 5.63 6.01 8.00 14.91 7.56 (45.45) 8.81 7.05
Beneish M-Score
(2.79) (2.49) (2.58) (2.34) (2.67) (2.38) (2.12) (2.05) (2.63) (2.67)
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 32
P/B ratio
1.25 0.88 1.07 0.86 1.08 1.04 0.91 0.86 0.93 0.90
EV/Sales
0.90 0.72 0.75 0.78 0.96 0.95 0.77 0.71 0.64 0.68
EV/EBITDA
8.69 7.14 8.38 9.01 9.84 9.37 8.31 6.95 6.41 7.58
EV/FCF
8.58 28.02 13.22 (61.02) 11.43 425.73 (30.88) (14.08) 6.99 23.13
Current Ratio
5.83 5.94 6.26 5.53 5.31 3.37 4.08 2.96 2.87 3.49
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.40 0.66 0.36 1.59 1.67 2.05 2.32 2.00 1.22 2.11
Debt/Equity
0.28 0.27 0.27 0.29 0.38 0.37 0.43 0.42 0.41 0.42
ROE
1.63% 7.79% 7.53% 5.37% 6.63% 6.34% 8.79% 8.20% 6.38% 2.20%
ROA
0.96% 4.92% 4.84% 3.37% 3.92% 3.51% 4.75% 4.29% 3.21% 1.13%
ROIC
7.90% 7.02% 6.94% 5.09% 5.53% 5.50% 5.69% 6.80% 7.83% 5.22%
Return on Tangible Assets
1.30% 6.42% 6.36% 4.69% 5.42% 5.50% 7.25% 6.81% 5.34% 1.83%
Average Days of Receivables
77.83 68.04 65.40 67.30 67.74 67.67 58.84 70.47 78.39 71.91
Earnings Yield
1.53% 8.70% 7.08% 6.49% 6.00% 6.03% 9.47% 9.43% 6.80% 2.47%
Free Cash Flow Yield
13.08% 4.31% 8.54% (2.20%) 11.39% 0.33% (4.90%) (10.92%) 19.18% 6.53%
Free Cash Flow per Share
9.25 2.07 5.00 (0.97) 6.72 0.19 (2.59) (5.57) 10.75 3.44
Book value per Share
56.61 54.81 54.91 51.61 54.69 55.92 58.00 59.51 60.15 58.36
Free Cash Flow
216.86 52.40 125.76 (24.33) 165.70 4.68 (64.15) (138.39) 268.16 86.14
EV/EBIT
10.43 8.59 10.32 11.75 12.81 12.44 10.94 8.78 8.05 11.83
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