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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.50
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — 2 — — — 1 — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 3.24%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,010.00
Revenue 2,854.49
Net Income 33.28
Free Cash Flow 170.39
Net Debt 443.28
Current Ratio 2.57 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.43 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 53.36 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 12.50
P/S ratio 0.36
P/B ratio 0.71
Past 5Y EPS Growth (18.11%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 20.45% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 24.21% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (6.85%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth (0.14%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 94.91%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.07%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.11%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 0.07%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 23.83%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 4.29
Annual Dividend Rate 3.30
Annual Dividend Yield 8.14%
total individual payouts
2026 3.30
0.82
0.82
0.83
0.83
2025 3.26
0.81
0.81
0.82
0.82
2024 3.22
0.80
0.80
0.81
0.81
2023 3.18
0.79
0.79
0.80
0.80
2022 3.14
0.78
0.78
0.79
0.79
2021 3.10
0.77
0.77
0.78
0.78
2020 3.06
0.76
0.76
0.77
0.77
2019 3.02
0.75
0.75
0.76
0.76
2018 2.60
0.55
0.55
0.75
0.75
2017 2.16
0.54
0.54
0.54
0.54
2016 2.12
0.53
0.53
0.53
0.53
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 56 260 62 174
Receivables 531 633 576 453
Inventory 1,264 996 1,036 1,372
Other 233 247 275 207
2,103 2,156 1,972 2,240
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 110 100 91 91
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 17 4 3 4
711 750 564 871

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.27% 8.08% 4.40%
Cash Flow (3.61%) (10.15%) 0.00%
Earnings (10.06%) (17.88%) (35.92%)
Book Value 0.06% 1.62% 0.56%

Revenue $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 524 — — — —
’26 594 754 861 715 2,924
’25 597 711 937 702 2,947
’24 518 638 822 771 2,749
’23 430 651 795 694 2,570
’22 350 454 653 647 2,104
’21 316 377 673 618 1,983
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 (117) — — — —
’26 (205) 33 114 187 129
’25 (62) 15 216 159 327
’24 (104) 114 (57) (28) (75)
’23 (226) (120) 162 173 (11)
’22 (127) 6 69 96 45
’21 0 (150) 189 182 220
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 (133) — — — —
’26 (217) 24 101 178 86
’25 (84) 0 200 153 268
’24 (122) 100 (71) (46) (138)
’23 (241) (131) 150 157 (64)
’22 (140) 7 54 83 5
’21 (8) (163) 180 157 166
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 (0.18) — — — —
’26 0.34 1.36 1.32 (1.73) 1.30
’25 0.01 1.03 2.37 0.37 3.78
’24 (0.08) 1.12 2.12 1.61 4.78
’23 0.27 0.88 1.67 2.15 4.97
’22 0.26 0.78 1.40 1.03 3.47
’21 0.29 0.30 1.34 1.58 3.53
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to March

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 52.05 45.95 49.07 37.04 44.93 43.64 44.40 45.19 49.40 40.14

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 83.35 76.98 63.18 58.30 60.95 64.13 67.50 67.80 67.33 59.38
People
People Employees 24,000 24,000 28,000 24,000 20,000 25,000 28,000 27,000 28,500 25,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.12
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,071 2,034 2,227 1,910 1,983 2,104 2,570 2,749 2,947 2,924
Gross margin, % 19.06 18.29 18.26 18.68 19.46 19.44 17.83 19.50 18.62 17.51
EBT 169 167 151 113 126 142 142 164 154 103
EBT margin, % 8.17 8.19 6.79 5.93 6.34 6.76 5.52 5.97 5.23 3.51
Net income 113 116 110 78 96 104 130 133 113 56
Depreciation 36 35 37 38 45 53 57 58 60 94
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 88.39 80.47 88.63 76.45 80.44 84.95 103.73 110.60 118.14 116.80
Earnings 0.89 4.18 4.14 2.87 3.55 3.50 5.01 4.81 3.81 1.30
Cash flow 10.68 3.21 6.55 0.44 8.94 1.81 (0.43) (3.00) 13.11 5.16
Capex (1.43) (1.14) (1.54) (1.41) (2.22) (1.62) (2.16) (2.57) (2.36) (1.72)
Free cash flow 9.25 2.07 5.00 (0.97) 6.72 0.19 (2.59) (5.57) 10.75 3.44
Book value 56.61 54.81 54.91 51.61 54.69 55.92 58.00 59.51 60.15 58.36
Shares, m 23 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 65.51 11.50 14.12 15.40 16.66 16.59 10.56 10.61 14.71 40.54
P/S 0.80 0.60 0.66 0.58 0.73 0.68 0.51 0.46 0.47 0.45
P/B 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/FCF 8.58 28.02 13.22 (61.02) 11.43 425.73 (30.88) (14.08) 6.99 23.13
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 250 81 165 11 220 45 (11) (75) 327 129
Capex (33) (29) (39) (35) (55) (40) (54) (64) (59) (43)
Free cash flow 217 52 126 (24) 166 5 (64) (138) 268 86
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,293 1,321 1,334 1,212 1,262 1,229 1,361 1,391 1,406 1,407
Total debt 369 369 369 369 518 519 617 617 618 617
Net debt 85 135 71 261 321 437 552 562 358 555
Shareholders’ equity 1,327 1,385 1,380 1,289 1,348 1,385 1,437 1,479 1,501 1,461
Returns, %
Returns, % 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
ROE 1.63 7.79 7.53 5.37 6.63 6.34 8.79 8.20 6.38 2.20
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Mar 2026 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Universal Corporation vs peers in Tobacco (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PM Philip Morris International Inc. $311.6B 29.5× 22.6× +10.37% (above 0%: growing) −7.69% (below 0%: shrinking) +67.28% (above 0%: growing) 68.43% 40.48% Compare
BTI British American Tobacco p.l.c. $124.7B 7.6× 12.9× +0.62% (above 0%: growing) +13.60% (above 0%: growing) +12.44% (above 0%: growing) 69.38% 0.00% Compare
MO Altria Group, Inc. $123.3B 15.8× 12.9× +0.15% (above 0%: growing) −2.84% (below 0%: shrinking) +282.66% (above 0%: growing) 62.51% 51.32% Compare
RLX RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR $1.6B 16.0× 17.0× +21.90% (above 0%: growing) +30.00% (above 0%: growing) −129.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.03% 14.22% Compare
TPB Turning Point Brands, Inc. $1.2B 26.3× 60.5× +22.57% (above 0%: growing) −77.78% (below 0%: shrinking) +235.11% (above 0%: growing) 65.55% 11.69% Compare
AIIR Air Global PLC $1.2B — (loss-making) — — n/m −487.91% (below 0%: shrinking) 56.58% (46.44%) Compare
UVV Universal Corporation $1.0B 53.4× 12.5× −11.79% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +38.82% (above 0%: growing) 15.86% 0.44%
ISPR Ispire Technology Inc. $83.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +32.55% (above 0%: growing) n/m −26.12% (below 0%: shrinking) 6.32% (50.72%) Compare
RYM RYTHM, Inc. $40.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +1,027.38% (above 0%: growing) n/m +202.80% (above 0%: growing) 80.52% 8.41% Compare
Median of peers $1.4B 16.0× 17.0× +21.90% −2.84% +39.86% 64.03% 10.05%

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Universal Corporation (UVV) key facts

  • Concern: Universal Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $2.9 billion, down 0.77% from fiscal 2025.
  • Universal Corporation (UVV) is a Tobacco company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, UVV traded at $40.55, a market capitalization of $1.0 billion.
  • Universal Corporation pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share, a yield of 8.14%.
  • Return on equity was 2.20% and debt-to-equity 0.43.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.05 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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