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
Older periods Sep '25 Dec '25 Mar '26 Jun '26
ROE

+8 more TTM periods

7.54% 5.65% 2.20% 1.31%
Piotroski F-Score
5 5 5 5
ROA
3.65% 2.81% 1.13% 0.61%
ROIC
7.63% 6.87% 5.22% 4.59%
Return on Tangible Assets
6.26% 4.72% 1.83% 1.10%
Average Days of Receivables
68.34 79.47 71.91 57.87
Free Cash Flow per Share
6.41 2.44 3.44 6.79
Free Cash Flow
160.38 61.04 86.14 170.39
Capital Expenditures
(41.65) (39.67) (42.96) (46.69)
Other line items
Cash ROIC
7.25% 2.74% 4.03% 7.70%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
5.13 4.53 4.84 5.68
Accounts Payable Turnover
25.90 28.09 25.30 22.49
Inventory Turnover
1.83 2.06 2.37 1.70
Average Days of Payables
15.04 13.07 13.72 14.03
Days of Inventory on Hand
204.97 184.34 156.73 211.02
Tax Rate
(0.25) (0.31) (0.45) (0.53)
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
10.52% 10.36% 10.28% 10.59%
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.35% 0.37% 0.24% 0.17%
Interest Coverage
3.27 3.06 2.28 1.88
Operating CF/Net income
1.81 1.18 3.96 11.35
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.15 0.15 0.25 0.25
Capex/Depreciation
(0.72) (0.72) (0.45) (0.50)
Revenue per Share
119.33 116.20 116.80 113.81
Operating CF per Share
8.07 4.02 5.16 8.66
Capex per Share
(1.66) (1.58) (1.72) (1.86)
Capex to Sales
0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02

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