Universal Corporation (UVV): Price and Financial Metrics

Universal Corporation (UVV): $51.72

0.26 (+0.51%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Tobacco

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UVV Price/Volume Stats

Current price $51.72 52-week high $67.80
Prev. close $51.46 52-week low $44.40
Day low $51.38 Volume 197,900
Day high $52.20 Avg. volume 264,374
50-day MA $52.71 Dividend yield 6.39%
200-day MA $51.95 Market Cap 1.27B

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UVV POWR Grades

  • Value is the dimension where UVV ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 87.81% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for UVV is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
  • UVV's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 47.08% of US stocks).

UVV Stock Summary

  • UVV's went public 36.02 years ago, making it older than 89.57% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
  • Of note is the ratio of UNIVERSAL CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.33% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
  • Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for UVV comes in at 16.14% -- higher than that of 89.67% of stocks in our set.
  • If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to UNIVERSAL CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be GTES, JBI, CLW, BBCP, and AWI.
  • Visit UVV's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.universalcorp.com.

UVV Valuation Summary

  • UVV's price/sales ratio is 0.6; this is 36.84% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
  • Over the past 243 months, UVV's price/earnings ratio has gone up 3.8.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for UVV.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
UVV 2023-12-22 0.6 1.2 13.2 12.7
UVV 2023-12-21 0.6 1.1 13.1 12.6
UVV 2023-12-20 0.6 1.1 13.0 12.6
UVV 2023-12-19 0.6 1.1 13.0 12.6
UVV 2023-12-18 0.6 1.1 12.6 12.3
UVV 2023-12-15 0.6 1.1 12.8 12.5

UVV Growth Metrics

    The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 243.13%.
  • The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -24%.
  • The 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -72.72%.
UVV's revenue has moved up $451,600,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows UVV's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31 2,522.818 -87.392 96.115
2022-09-30 2,380.423 -180.595 89.395
2022-06-30 2,183.394 -53.966 87.05
2022-03-31 2,103.601 44.882 86.577
2021-12-31 2,074.218 130.215 100.168
2021-09-30 2,094.505 249.602 98.501

UVV's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • UVV has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 15.18% of graded US stocks.
  • UVV's asset turnover comes in at 0.861 -- ranking 86th of 105 Wholesale stocks.
  • SPRS, KAMN, and NGL are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with UVV.

The table below shows UVV's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 0.861 0.196 0.065
2021-03-31 0.874 0.195 0.065
2020-12-31 0.902 0.186 0.051
2020-09-30 0.849 0.177 0.045
2020-06-30 0.897 0.182 0.058
2020-03-31 0.881 0.187 0.059

Universal Corporation (UVV) Company Bio


Universal Corporation operates as a leaf tobacco merchant and processor worldwide. It engages in procuring, financing, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.


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Below are the latest news stories about UNIVERSAL CORP that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate UVV as an investment opportunity.

Universal Corporation Releases 2023 Sustainability Report

Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV) announces the release of its 2023 Sustainability Report. "Universal is proud of the efforts taken in the last year to promote the sustainability of our operations and contribute to global sustainability goals," said George C. Freeman III, Universal's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. "We are taking important steps to advance our sustainability agenda as we continue to monitor and address the environmental and social impacts of our business. We are

Yahoo | December 18, 2023

Universal Corporation's (NYSE:UVV) large institutional owners must be happy as stock continues to impress, up 5.2% over the past week

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Insider Sell Alert: Candace Formacek Sells 3,767 Shares of Universal Corp (UVV)

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Yahoo | November 25, 2023

Insider Sell Alert: Director Robert Sledd Sells Shares of Universal Corp (UVV)

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Yahoo | November 22, 2023

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UVV Price Returns

1-mo 7.01%
3-mo -22.22%
6-mo 12.83%
1-year 5.56%
3-year 4.82%
5-year 20.51%
YTD -22.22%
2023 35.79%
2022 1.82%
2021 19.59%
2020 -8.96%
2019 11.08%

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