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Altria Group, Inc. (MO) vs Universal Corporation (UVV)

Altria Group, Inc. and Universal Corporation are both Tobacco companies. Altria Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $129.1B against $1.0B — 126.5× the size. Universal Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Altria Group, Inc. trades at 16.1×. Altria Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.47% against −8.88%. Altria Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (34.4% vs −0.09%) and the higher return on invested capital (36.0% vs 3.51%). Both pay a dividend; Universal Corporation yields more (8.03% vs 5.53%). Across the 21 metrics below, Altria Group, Inc. leads on 14 and Universal Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric MO UVV Tobacco median
P/E 16.05 n/m 16.05
P/S 5.51 0.38 1.73
P/B n/m 0.72 0.88
Price to free cash flow 14.28 28.83 26.00
EV/EBITDA 13.05 7.45 10.60
EV/Sales 6.42 0.63 1.06
Earnings yield 6.23% (0.24%) 3.39%
Free cash flow yield 7.00% 3.47% 1.46%

Profitability

Metric MO UVV Tobacco median
Gross margin 63.35% 16.48% 25.71%
Operating margin 47.01% 4.11% 0.00%
Net margin 34.43% (0.09%) 8.78%
Free cash flow margin 38.57% 1.31% 1.31%
Return on equity (339.57%) (0.17%) (0.17%)
Return on assets 23.31% (0.08%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 36.01% 3.51% 1.93%

Growth

Metric MO UVV Tobacco median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.47% (8.88%) 0.23%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (37.00%) (65.61%) 60.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.30%) 8.08% 1.07%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.21% (17.88%) 0.00%

Health

Metric MO UVV Tobacco median
Debt to equity (11.07) 0.43 0.01
Current ratio 0.58 2.54 1.41
Net debt to EBITDA 1.88 2.11 0.64

Dividend

Metric MO UVV Tobacco median
Dividend yield 5.53% 8.03% 5.27%
Payout ratio 0.89 4.40 —

Size

Metric MO UVV Tobacco median
Market cap 129.05b 1.02b 1.19b

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