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 '26 Mar '25 Mar '24 Mar '23 Mar '22 Mar '21 Mar '20 Mar '19 Mar '18 Mar '17
Piotroski F-Score
5 5 4 4 3 6 4 7 4 3
P/E ratio
40.54 14.71 10.61 10.56 16.59 16.66 15.40 14.12 11.50 65.51
Altman Z-Score
3.05 2.93 2.84 3.08 2.90 3.23 3.29 3.92 3.57 3.91
P/S ratio
0.45 0.47 0.46 0.51 0.68 0.73 0.58 0.66 0.60 0.80
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
6.26 5.96 5.98 6.50 6.12 6.90 7.43 8.23 8.01 7.90
P/FCF ratio
15.32 5.21 0.00 0.00 307.08 8.78 0.00 11.71 23.18 7.65
P/Operating CF
7.05 8.81 (45.45) 7.56 14.91 8.00 6.01 5.63 9.30 24.54
Beneish M-Score
(2.67) (2.63) (2.05) (2.12) (2.38) (2.67) (2.34) (2.58) (2.49) (2.79)
Dividend Safety Score
32 — — — — — — — — —
P/B ratio
0.90 0.93 0.86 0.91 1.04 1.08 0.86 1.07 0.88 1.25
Price to Tangible BV
1.06 1.14 1.06 1.15 1.33 1.32 0.96 1.15 0.94 1.35
EV/Sales
0.68 0.64 0.71 0.77 0.95 0.96 0.78 0.75 0.72 0.90
EV/EBITDA
7.58 6.41 6.95 8.31 9.37 9.84 9.01 8.38 7.14 8.69
EV/Operating CF
15.44 5.73 (26.10) (187.66) 44.42 8.59 136.23 10.11 18.07 7.44
EV/FCF
23.13 6.99 (14.08) (30.88) 425.73 11.43 (61.02) 13.22 28.02 8.58
Quick Ratio
1.13 1.19 0.82 1.08 0.91 1.93 1.72 2.75 2.29 2.71
Current Ratio
3.49 2.87 2.96 4.08 3.37 5.31 5.53 6.26 5.94 5.83
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.11 1.22 2.00 2.32 2.05 1.67 1.59 0.36 0.66 0.40
Debt/Assets
22.29% 20.67% 21.02% 23.37% 20.05% 22.13% 17.39% 17.27% 17.02% 17.37%
Debt/Equity
0.42 0.41 0.42 0.43 0.37 0.38 0.29 0.27 0.27 0.28
Asset Turnover
1.02 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.85 0.89 0.90 1.04 0.95 0.95
Operating CF/Net income
3.96 3.44 (0.62) (0.09) 0.52 2.52 0.15 1.58 0.77 11.98
Capex/Depreciation
(0.45) (0.98) (1.09) (0.94) (0.77) (1.22) (0.92) (1.04) (0.83) (0.93)
Interest Coverage
2.28 2.92 3.35 3.67 5.78 5.92 6.36 9.20 10.94 10.96
ROE
2.20% 6.38% 8.20% 8.79% 6.34% 6.63% 5.37% 7.53% 7.79% 1.63%
ROA
1.13% 3.21% 4.29% 4.75% 3.51% 3.92% 3.37% 4.84% 4.92% 0.96%
ROIC
5.22% 7.83% 6.80% 5.69% 5.50% 5.53% 5.09% 6.94% 7.02% 7.90%
Return on Tangible Assets
1.83% 5.34% 6.81% 7.25% 5.50% 5.42% 4.69% 6.36% 6.42% 1.30%
Average Days of Receivables
71.91 78.39 70.47 58.84 67.67 67.74 67.30 65.40 68.04 77.83
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
10.28% 10.36% 11.30% 10.79% 11.44% 11.08% 11.67% 10.11% 9.89% 10.23%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.10 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.05
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.24% 0.29% 0.44% 0.33% 0.29% 0.31% 0.29% 0.37% 0.37% 0.31%
Graham Net Nets
0.50 0.48 0.51 0.46 0.38 0.39 0.59 0.57 0.66 0.46
Graham Number
41.31 71.81 80.25 80.86 66.36 66.00 57.73 71.61 71.80 37.09
Earnings Yield
2.47% 6.80% 9.43% 9.47% 6.03% 6.00% 6.49% 7.08% 8.70% 1.53%
Free Cash Flow Yield
6.53% 19.18% (10.92%) (4.90%) 0.33% 11.39% (2.20%) 8.54% 4.31% 13.08%
Revenue per Share
116.80 118.14 110.60 103.73 84.95 80.44 76.45 88.63 80.47 88.39
Operating CF per Share
5.16 13.11 (3.00) (0.43) 1.81 8.94 0.44 6.55 3.21 10.68
Capex per Share
(1.72) (2.36) (2.57) (2.16) (1.62) (2.22) (1.41) (1.54) (1.14) (1.43)
Free Cash Flow per Share
3.44 10.75 (5.57) (2.59) 0.19 6.72 (0.97) 5.00 2.07 9.25
Cash per Share
2.48 10.43 2.24 2.61 3.30 8.00 4.30 11.84 9.26 12.12
Shareholders Equity per Share
58.36 60.15 59.51 58.00 55.92 54.69 51.61 54.91 54.81 56.61
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
58.36 60.15 59.51 58.00 55.92 54.69 51.61 54.91 54.81 56.61
Free Cash Flow
86.14 268.16 (138.39) (64.15) 4.68 165.70 (24.33) 125.76 52.40 216.86
Working Capital
1,407.46 1,405.94 1,391.18 1,360.90 1,229.29 1,262.20 1,212.22 1,334.40 1,321.32 1,293.40
Capital Expenditures
(42.96) (58.82) (63.76) (53.59) (40.20) (54.72) (35.23) (38.76) (28.84) (33.46)
Net Current Asset Value
666.05 667.08 644.23 600.66 546.44 561.86 647.98 834.84 805.71 764.57
EV/EBIT
11.83 8.05 8.78 10.94 12.44 12.81 11.75 10.32 8.59 10.43
Capex to Sales
0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02
Price to Operating Income
7.83 6.01 5.71 7.24 8.97 9.84 8.74 9.14 7.11 9.29
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.25 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.15 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.11 0.11
Cash ROIC
4.03% 11.27% (6.43%) (3.03%) 0.24% 8.03% (1.38%) 6.15% 2.64% 10.96%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
4.84 5.07 5.82 6.39 5.55 5.51 5.08 5.72 4.96 4.75
Accounts Payable Turnover
25.30 22.80 22.19 16.07 10.77 11.37 10.87 11.19 9.76 11.58
Inventory Turnover
2.37 2.12 1.92 2.06 1.88 2.01 3.55 4.45 2.40 2.52
Average Days of Payables
13.72 15.22 18.20 15.39 37.43 32.17 32.96 29.19 39.49 35.00
Days of Inventory on Hand
156.73 151.55 208.54 179.22 218.97 179.74 189.55 13.96 164.43 138.03
Average Receivables
604.59 581.83 472.47 402.13 379.02 360.13 375.63 389.11 410.41 436.32
Average Payables
95.34 105.19 99.70 131.42 157.28 140.51 142.93 162.72 170.29 144.81
Average Inventory
1,015.92 1,130.02 1,150.44 1,026.73 901.65 796.60 438.09 409.17 691.38 666.03
Average Assets
2,878.16 2,963.40 2,788.21 2,612.76 2,464.13 2,231.42 2,127.05 2,150.91 2,146.02 2,177.29
Average Common Equity
1,480.83 1,489.73 1,457.94 1,410.86 1,366.60 1,318.85 1,334.58 1,382.59 1,355.94 1,284.04

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