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
Jun '26 Mar '26 Dec '25 Sep '25 Older periods
ROE
1.31% 2.20% 5.65% 7.54%

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

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