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

39.86 1.17 −2.85%
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
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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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 4 Nov 2026