Subject of the day
UVV
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.
FY 2010–2025 · 15 years
| Line | Latest | CAGR | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
$44.89
▼ -0.32 (-0.7%)
| 52w hi | $56.92 |
|---|---|
| 52w lo | $44.89 |
| Vol | 311.23K |
| As of | Aug 13 |
Our score -0.58
| Short | -0.39 |
|---|---|
| Medium | -0.70 |
| Long | -0.73 |
computed 2026-08-13
Universal Corporation
Consumer Defensive · Tobacco
| Market cap | $1.12B |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value | $2.20B |
| Trailing P/E | 59.07x |
| Forward P/E | 11.36x |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.53x |
| P / S (ttm) | 0.39x |
| Profit margin | 0.7% |
| Return on equity | 2.3% |
| Revenue growth | -11.8% |
| Earnings growth | — |
| Debt / equity | 85.55 |
| Beta vs SPX | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Corr SPX | 0.08 |
| Annual vol | 25.3% |
| Annual ret | -4.4% |
| Sharpe | -0.17 |
| Max DD | -31.4% |
Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)
| Layer | Raw | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamental | +0.03 | |
| Sector | +0.02 | |
| Technical | -0.24 | |
| Earnings | +0.00 | |
| Sentiment | -0.03 |
macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13 | $45.56 | $46.29 | $44.78 | $44.89 | 311.23K |
| Aug 12 | $44.47 | $46.12 | $44.47 | $45.21 | 521.10K |
| Aug 11 | $47.40 | $47.74 | $46.19 | $46.22 | 548.70K |
| Aug 10 | $50.37 | $50.37 | $46.96 | $47.40 | 754.30K |
| Aug 7 | $51.15 | $51.24 | $50.19 | $50.84 | 386.50K |