The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

UVV

Concerning the House

Universal Corporation, a business-to-business agriproducts company, provides leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. The Tobacco Operations segment is involved in procuring, processing, packing of flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured, and oriental leaf tobacco for consumer product manufacturers, as well as provision of related services. This segment also offers specialty services, such as custom blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, service cutting, reconstituted leaf tobacco manufacturing, and just-in-time product delivery services; and liquid nicotine for tobacco products manufacturers, as well as recycled waste materials from tobacco production. The Ingredients Operations segment engages in the production of specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, fruit and vegetable juices, concentrates, pomaces, ciders, purees, nutraceuticals, fruit fibers, seeds, seed powders, dehydrated products, botanical extracts, distillates, natural flavors, colors, and other value-added products for consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and retailers, as well as food, and beverage companies. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

United States · www.universalcorp.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$2.72B+0.5%
Gross profit$109.16M-1.0%
Operating income$222.01M-1.0%
Net income$124.05M-0.4%
Cash from ops-$10.56M-23.7%
Quotation

$44.89

-0.32 (-0.7%)

52w hi$56.92
52w lo$44.89
Vol311.23K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.58

Short-0.39
Medium-0.70
Long-0.73

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Universal Corporation

Consumer Defensive · Tobacco

Market cap$1.12B
Enterprise value$2.20B
Trailing P/E59.07x
Forward P/E11.36x
EV / EBITDA9.53x
P / S (ttm)0.39x
Profit margin0.7%
Return on equity2.3%
Revenue growth-11.8%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity85.55
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.12
Corr SPX0.08
Annual vol25.3%
Annual ret-4.4%
Sharpe-0.17
Max DD-31.4%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.03
Sector+0.02
Technical-0.24
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.03

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$45.56$46.29$44.78$44.89311.23K
Aug 12$44.47$46.12$44.47$45.21521.10K
Aug 11$47.40$47.74$46.19$46.22548.70K
Aug 10$50.37$50.37$46.96$47.40754.30K
Aug 7$51.15$51.24$50.19$50.84386.50K