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Universal Corporation (UVV)
$53.79+0.62 (+1.17%)
Market ClosedLast close Jun 26
Universal Corporation, a business-to-business agriproducts company, provides leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets worldwide.
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Whystock Brain
The Narrative
Universal Corporation in the Consumer Defensive sector is trading at $53.79 with a market capitalization of $1.3B. Wall Street consensus targets $74.00 (1 analysts), implying a +37.6% move over the next 12 months. The stock is currently 9% below its 52-week high of $59.38, remaining 2.4% above its 200-day moving average. On fundamentals, Piotroski 7/9 indicates strong financial quality, Altman Z in the safe zone. The Whystock Score of 100/100 reflects bullish alignment across trend, valuation and analyst targets.
Ecosystem Influences
Sell-side targets imply +37.6% upside over 12 months
Long-term trend bullish (price vs 200-day SMA)
Macro-economic sensitivity to interest rate and inflation shifts
Quarterly Financials
| Metric (USD) | Q1 2026 | Q4 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q1 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $715.24M↓ | $861.29M↑ | $754.18M↑ | $593.76M↓ | $702.28M |
| Gross Profit | $98.47M↓ | $159.59M↑ | $139.83M↑ | $114.13M↓ | $116.00M |
| Operating Income | $26.10M↓ | $82.66M↑ | $67.65M↑ | $34.94M↓ | $42.76M |
| Net Income | -$43.28M↓ | $33.25M↓ | $34.17M↑ | $8.50M↓ | $9.34M |
Peer Comparison
Fundamentals
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...
Market Cap
Total dollar market value of a company's outstanding shares of stock (Price * Shares).
$1.34B
P/E Ratio
Priced for growth. Investors expect sustained double-digit expansion.
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Beta
High-beta play. Expect amplified moves vs. the broad market.
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Div Yield
Strong income play. Yield provides a meaningful total return floor.
6.10%
ROE
Average efficiency. Growth may require heavy reinvestment.
5.12%
Volume
Today's trading volume
183,550
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Universal (UVV) is back in focus after its latest annual and fourth quarter results showed weaker profitability, shaped by a large non cash goodwill impairment and higher inventory write downs. See our latest analysis for Universal. At a share price of $54.38, Universal’s recent 90 day share price return of 1.17% contrasts with a 1 year total shareholder return that declined 7.26%. However, the 3 year and 5 year total shareholder returns of 25.36% and 29.30% hint at longer term resilience. If...
Universal Corp (UVV) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Revenue Growth Amid Challenges
Universal Corp (UVV) reports a 2% revenue increase and a 56th consecutive annual dividend hike, despite facing goodwill impairments and inventory write-downs.
Universal (UVV) Q4 2026 Earnings Transcript
With me today are Preston Douglas Wigner, our chairman, president, and CEO and Steven S. Diel, our recently appointed chief financial officer. And we continue to focus on the progress we are making to support the long term growth of our ingredients operations.
Universal Q4 Earnings Call Highlights
Universal (NYSE:UVV) said its fiscal 2026 results were pressured by a non-cash goodwill impairment in its ingredients business and higher inventory write-downs tied mainly to non-wrapper dark air-cured tobacco, even as management described the company’s core flue-cured and burley tobacco operations