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
Price to Tangible BV
1.35 0.94 1.15 0.96 1.32 1.33 1.15 1.06 1.14 1.06
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/Operating CF
7.44 18.07 10.11 136.23 8.59 44.42 (187.66) (26.10) 5.73 15.44
EV/FCF
8.58 28.02 13.22 (61.02) 11.43 425.73 (30.88) (14.08) 6.99 23.13
Quick Ratio
2.71 2.29 2.75 1.72 1.93 0.91 1.08 0.82 1.19 1.13
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/Assets
17.37% 17.02% 17.27% 17.39% 22.13% 20.05% 23.37% 21.02% 20.67% 22.29%
Debt/Equity
0.28 0.27 0.27 0.29 0.38 0.37 0.43 0.42 0.41 0.42
Asset Turnover
0.95 0.95 1.04 0.90 0.89 0.85 0.98 0.99 0.99 1.02
Operating CF/Net income
11.98 0.77 1.58 0.15 2.52 0.52 (0.09) (0.62) 3.44 3.96
Capex/Depreciation
(0.93) (0.83) (1.04) (0.92) (1.22) (0.77) (0.94) (1.09) (0.98) (0.45)
Interest Coverage
10.96 10.94 9.20 6.36 5.92 5.78 3.67 3.35 2.92 2.28
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
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
10.23% 9.89% 10.11% 11.67% 11.08% 11.44% 10.79% 11.30% 10.36% 10.28%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.05 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.10 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.31% 0.37% 0.37% 0.29% 0.31% 0.29% 0.33% 0.44% 0.29% 0.24%
Graham Net Nets
0.46 0.66 0.57 0.59 0.39 0.38 0.46 0.51 0.48 0.50
Graham Number
37.09 71.80 71.61 57.73 66.00 66.36 80.86 80.25 71.81 41.31
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%
Revenue per Share
88.39 80.47 88.63 76.45 80.44 84.95 103.73 110.60 118.14 116.80
Operating CF per Share
10.68 3.21 6.55 0.44 8.94 1.81 (0.43) (3.00) 13.11 5.16
Capex per Share
(1.43) (1.14) (1.54) (1.41) (2.22) (1.62) (2.16) (2.57) (2.36) (1.72)
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
Cash per Share
12.12 9.26 11.84 4.30 8.00 3.30 2.61 2.24 10.43 2.48
Shareholders Equity per Share
56.61 54.81 54.91 51.61 54.69 55.92 58.00 59.51 60.15 58.36
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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
Working Capital
1,293.40 1,321.32 1,334.40 1,212.22 1,262.20 1,229.29 1,360.90 1,391.18 1,405.94 1,407.46
Capital Expenditures
(33.46) (28.84) (38.76) (35.23) (54.72) (40.20) (53.59) (63.76) (58.82) (42.96)
Net Current Asset Value
764.57 805.71 834.84 647.98 561.86 546.44 600.66 644.23 667.08 666.05
EV/EBIT
10.43 8.59 10.32 11.75 12.81 12.44 10.94 8.78 8.05 11.83
Capex to Sales
0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01
Price to Operating Income
9.29 7.11 9.14 8.74 9.84 8.97 7.24 5.71 6.01 7.83
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.11 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.25
Cash ROIC
10.96% 2.64% 6.15% (1.38%) 8.03% 0.24% (3.03%) (6.43%) 11.27% 4.03%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
4.75 4.96 5.72 5.08 5.51 5.55 6.39 5.82 5.07 4.84
Accounts Payable Turnover
11.58 9.76 11.19 10.87 11.37 10.77 16.07 22.19 22.80 25.30
Inventory Turnover
2.52 2.40 4.45 3.55 2.01 1.88 2.06 1.92 2.12 2.37
Average Days of Payables
35.00 39.49 29.19 32.96 32.17 37.43 15.39 18.20 15.22 13.72
Days of Inventory on Hand
138.03 164.43 13.96 189.55 179.74 218.97 179.22 208.54 151.55 156.73
Average Receivables
436.32 410.41 389.11 375.63 360.13 379.02 402.13 472.47 581.83 604.59
Average Payables
144.81 170.29 162.72 142.93 140.51 157.28 131.42 99.70 105.19 95.34
Average Inventory
666.03 691.38 409.17 438.09 796.60 901.65 1,026.73 1,150.44 1,130.02 1,015.92
Average Assets
2,177.29 2,146.02 2,150.91 2,127.05 2,231.42 2,464.13 2,612.76 2,788.21 2,963.40 2,878.16
Average Common Equity
1,284.04 1,355.94 1,382.59 1,334.58 1,318.85 1,366.60 1,410.86 1,457.94 1,489.73 1,480.83

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